Character and characteristic men
By: by Edwin P. Whipple
Publisher: J.R. Osgoood
Published: 1877
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Character.; National characteristics, American.; National characteristics, English.
Notes: "The first six of the essays, with the exception of that on Intellectual character, were published in Harper's magazine, between July and November, 1857, and the paper on Agassiz was also contributed to that periodical."--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Character; title: Eccentric character; title: Intellectual character; title: Heroic character; title: The American mind; title: The English mind; title: Thackery; title: Nathaniel Hawthorne; title: Edward Everett; title: Thomas Starr King; title: Agassiz; title: Washington and the principles of the revolution.