Books on the table / by Edmund Gosse, C.B.

Author/creator Gosse, Edmund
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : W. Heinemann, [1921]
Descriptionx, 348 pages ; 20 cm
Subjects

Contents The last years of Disraeli.--Boythorn in the flesh.--The aristocrat in literature.--A Frenchman of the fourth century.--"The diall of princes."--"The hierarchie of angels."--Pascal and the Jesuits.--The poet among the cannibals.--The letters of Tchekhov.--The unveiling of Tolstoi.--"The English poets."--The folk-lore of the Bible.--Edgar Poe and his detractors.--The essays of Mr. Lucas.--"In a green shade."--Autobiography and Mrs. Asquith.--Clough.--Zoffany.--Philip Massinger.--Miss Mitford.--Frederick Locker.--The fox in song.--The sepulchral dean.--Wine and Mr. Saintsbury.--Some French memoirs.--Winner and waster.--The tutor of Marcus Aurelius.--A stormy petrel.--Leonard Courtney.--Paul Claudel.--A bubble burst.--The character of Fielding.--Mr. Doughty's "Mansoul."--The science of manuscripts.--The psychology of the blind.--Thackeray's daughter.--Carlyle.--The fairy in the garden.--Goethe.--Count D'Orsay's portraits.--Index.
General noteSelections from weekly contributions to the Sunday times.
LCCN 21009470

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PN511 .G67 1921 ✔ Available Place Hold