Author: Henry Seidel Canby

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-12

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780266195641

Excerpt from Saturday Papers Essays on Literature From the Literary Review: The First Volume of Selections From the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post WE have tried vainly to classify these essays. They will follow no order, progress by no logical development of thought, be cause they were written each in its time and place, at a moment of irony, or anger, or delight, or illumination. And yet we be lieve that this book has unity. It contains a View of literature and life which is sincere and perfectly definite. Although the prod uct of several minds, it represents but a single philosophy of good writing and practicable art. It is a literary program in parcels ia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.