Book of modern essays
By:  compiled and edited by John M. Avent.
Series: The modern library for high schools
Publisher: Boni & Liveright
Published: 1924
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: English essays; American essays
Notes: "A brief list of contemporary essays": p. 243-244.
Table of contents: title: The social value of the college-bred, by W. James.; title: From "Adventures and enthusiasms", by E.V.Lucas.; title: Poetry for the unpoetical, by H.S.Canby.; title: From "The uses of diversity", by G.K.Chesterton.; title: Money, by Agnes Repplier.; title: A holiday in a vacation, by H. van Dyke.; title: Behold, this dreamer cometh, by A.C.Benson.; title: Bridges, by W.P. Eaton.; title: An old American towpath, by R. Le Gallienne.; title: Every man's natural desire to be somebody else, by S.M.Crothers.; title: Some reflections on the loss of the Titanic, by J. Conrad.; title: Abraham Lincoln, by W. Wilson.; title: A new world, by H. van Loon.