The Oxford Book of American Essays is an anthology of essays and articles by prominent and significant American writers and essayists. Content: The Ephemera: an Emblem of Human Life (Benjamin Franklin) The Whistle (Benjamin Franklin) Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout (Benjamin Franklin) Consolation for the Old Bachelor (Francis Hopkinson) John Bull (Washington Irving) The Mutability of Literature (Washington Irving) Kean's Acting (Richard Henry Dana) Gifts (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Uses of Great Men (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Buds and Bird-voices (Nathaniel Hawthorne) The Philosophy of Composition (Edgar Allan Poe) Bread and the Newspaper (Oliver Wendell Holmes) Walking (Henry David Thoreau) On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners (James Russell Lowell) Preface To «Leaves of Grass» (Walt Whitman) Americanism in Literature (Thomas Wentworth Higginson) Thackeray in America (George William Curtis) Our March To Washington (Theodore Winthrop) Calvin (A Study of Character) (Charles Dudley Warner) Five American Contributions To Civilization (Charles William Eliot) I Talk of Dreams (William Dean Howells) An Idyl of the Honey-bee (John Burroughs) Cut-off Copples's (Clarence King) The Théâtre Français (Henry James) Theocritus on Cape Cod (Hamilton Wright Mabie) Colonialism in the United States (Henry Cabot Lodge) New York After Paris (William Crary Brownell) The Tyranny of Things (Edward Sandford Martin) Free Trade Vs. Protection in Literature (Samuel McChord Crothers) Dante and the Bowery (Theodore Roosevelt) The Revolt of the Unfit (Nicholas Murray Butler) On Translating the Odes of Horace (William Peterfield Trent)
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE
TO MADAME BRILLON, OF PASSY. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
THE WHISTLE
TO MADAME BRILLON. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT
CONSOLATION FOR THE OLD BACHELOR
FRANCIS HOPKINSON
JOHN BULL
WASHINGTON IRVING
THE MUTABILITY OF LITERATURE
A COLLOQUY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. WASHINGTON IRVING
KEAN’S ACTING
RICHARD HENRY DANA
GIFTS
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
USES OF GREAT MEN
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
BUDS AND BIRD-VOICES
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
THE PHILOSOPHY OF COMPOSITION
EDGAR ALLAN POE
BREAD AND THE NEWSPAPER
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
WALKING
HENRY DAVID THOREAU
ON A CERTAIN CONDESCENSION IN FOREIGNERS5
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
PREFACE TO "LEAVES OF GRASS"
1855. WALT WHITMAN
AMERICANISM IN LITERATURE
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
THACKERAY IN AMERICA
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
OUR MARCH TO WASHINGTON
THEODORE WINTHROP. THROUGH THE CITY
PHILADELPHIA
THE "BOSTON"
ANNAPOLIS
WHAT THE MASSACHUSETTS EIGHTH HAD BEEN DOING
OUR MORNING MARCH
ON GUARD WITH HOWITZER NO. TWO
THE BRIDGE
THE NIGHT-MARCH
MORNING
WASHINGTON
CALVIN
A STUDY OF CHARACTER. CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
FIVE AMERICAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION
CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
I TALK OF DREAMS
W. D. Howells
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
AN IDYL OF THE HONEY-BEE
JOHN BURROUGHS
CUT-OFF COPPLES’S
CLARENCE KING
THE THÉÂTRE FRANÇAIS
HENRY JAMES
THEOCRITUS ON CAPE COD
HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE
COLONIALISM IN THE UNITED STATES9
HENRY CABOT LODGE
NEW YORK AFTER PARIS
W. C. Brownell
THE TYRANNY OF THINGS
EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN
FREE TRADE VS. PROTECTION IN LITERATURE
SAMUEL MCCHORD CROTHERS
DANTE AND THE BOWERY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
THE REVOLT OF THE UNFIT
NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER
ON TRANSLATING THE ODES OF HORACE
W. P. TRENT
FOOTNOTES
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Benjamin Franklin, Francis Hopkinson, Washington Irving, Richard Henry Dana, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Walt Whitman, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George William Curtis, Theodore Winthrop, Charles Dudley Warner, Charles William Eliot, William Dean Howells, John Burroughs, Clarence King, Henry James, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Crary Brownell, Edward Sandford Martin, Samuel McChord Crothers, Theodore Roosevelt, Nicholas Murray Butler, William Peterfield Trent
Walking, Americanism in Literature, Our March to Washington, I Talk of Dreams, Colonialism in USA…
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The Tyranny of Things (Edward Sandford Martin)
Free Trade vs. Protection in Literature (Samuel McChord Crothers)
