The American of the future, and other essays
By: by Brander Matthews.
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons
Published: 1909
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
Subjects: National characteristics, American.; National characteristics, English.; United States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-1918.
Table of contents: value: The American of the future.; value: American character.; value: The Americans and the British.; value: "Blood is thicker than water."; value: The scream of the spread-eagle.; value: American manners.; value: American humor.; value: The speech of the people.; value: English as a world-language.; value: Simplified spelling and "fonetic reform."; value: The question of the theater.; value: Persuasion and controversy.; value: Reform and reformers.; value: "Those literary fellows."; value: Standards of success.