Modern essays
By: compiled and edited by John M. Avent
Series: The academy classics; Academy classics
Publisher: Allyn and Bacon
Published: 1924
Place of publication: Boston; New York [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Copyright date: 1924
Subjects: American essays; English essays
Notes: Also pub. with title: Book of modern essays.

"A brief list of contemporary essays": p. 243-244.
Table of contents: title: The social value of the college-bred, by William 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 Henry van Dyke.; title: Behold, this dreamer cometh, by A. C. Benson.; title: Bridges, by W. P. Eaton.; title: An old American towpath, by Richard LeGallienne.; title: Every man's natural desire to be somebody else, by S. M. Crothers.; title: Some reflections on the loss of the Titanic, by Joseph Conrad.; title: Abraham Lincoln, by Woodrow Wilson.; title: A new world, by Hendrik van Loon.