CONTENTS
CONTENTS
PAGEPREFACEvINTRODUCTIONixIThe Writing of EssaysixIINature of the EssayxiIIITypes of the EssayxiiIVThe Development of the EssayxivVEssays Well Worth ReadingxviVIThe Writing of Short StoriesxviiiVIINature of the Short StoryxixVIIITypes of the Short StoryxxIXThe Development of the Short StoryxxiiXAuthors of Short Stories Well Worth ReadingxxivTHE FAMILIAR ESSAYThe Pup-DogRobert Palfrey Utter3Chewing GumCharles Dudley Warner11The Mystery of Ah SingRobert L. Duffus16Old DocOpie Read19Christmas ShoppingHelen Davenport26Sunday BellsGertrude Henderson28DiscoveryGeorges Duhamel31The FurrowsGilbert K. Chesterton36Meditation and ImaginationHamilton Wright Mabie40Who Owns the Mountains?Henry Van Dyke49THE LEGENDARY STORYRunning WolfAlgernon Blackwood55THE BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYHow I Found AmericaAnzia Yezierska77Memories of ChildhoodWilliam Henry Shelton94A Visit to John BurroughsSadakichi Hartmann100Washington on HorsebackH. A. Ogden108THE HISTORICAL STORYHavelok the DaneGeorge Philip Krapp118THE STORY ESSAYPolitics Up to DateFrederick Lewis Allen136Free!Charles Hanson Towne143THE STORY OF ADVENTUREPrunier Tells a StoryT. Morris Longstreth148THE DIDACTIC ESSAYThe American BoyTheodore Roosevelt168The Spirit of AdventureHildegarde Hawthorne176Vanishing New YorkRobert and Elizabeth Shackleton184The Songs of the Civil WarBrander Matthews203Locomotion in the Twentieth CenturyH. G. Wells210The Writing of EssaysCharles S. Brooks219The Rhythm of ProseAbram Lipsky225THE REALISTIC STORYThe Chinaman's HeadWilliam Rose Benét230Getting Up to DateRoberta Wayne239The Lion and the MouseJoseph B. Ames253THE CRITICAL ESSAYCoddling in EducationHenry Seidel Canby267A Successful FailureGlenn Frank271The Drolleries of ClothesAgnes Repplier278POETIC PROSEChildrenYukio Ozaki284Ships That Lift Tall Spires of CanvasRalph D. Paine287PERSONALITY IN CORRESPONDENCEThe Statue of General Sherman291The Roosevelt Saint-GaudensCorrespondence Concerning CoinageTheodore Roosevelt andAugustus Saint-Gaudens292THE SYMBOLIC STORYHi-BrasilRalph Durand300
PAGEPREFACEvINTRODUCTIONixIThe Writing of EssaysixIINature of the EssayxiIIITypes of the EssayxiiIVThe Development of the EssayxivVEssays Well Worth ReadingxviVIThe Writing of Short StoriesxviiiVIINature of the Short StoryxixVIIITypes of the Short StoryxxIXThe Development of the Short StoryxxiiXAuthors of Short Stories Well Worth ReadingxxivTHE FAMILIAR ESSAYThe Pup-DogRobert Palfrey Utter3Chewing GumCharles Dudley Warner11The Mystery of Ah SingRobert L. Duffus16Old DocOpie Read19Christmas ShoppingHelen Davenport26Sunday BellsGertrude Henderson28DiscoveryGeorges Duhamel31The FurrowsGilbert K. Chesterton36Meditation and ImaginationHamilton Wright Mabie40Who Owns the Mountains?Henry Van Dyke49THE LEGENDARY STORYRunning WolfAlgernon Blackwood55THE BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYHow I Found AmericaAnzia Yezierska77Memories of ChildhoodWilliam Henry Shelton94A Visit to John BurroughsSadakichi Hartmann100Washington on HorsebackH. A. Ogden108THE HISTORICAL STORYHavelok the DaneGeorge Philip Krapp118THE STORY ESSAYPolitics Up to DateFrederick Lewis Allen136Free!Charles Hanson Towne143THE STORY OF ADVENTUREPrunier Tells a StoryT. Morris Longstreth148THE DIDACTIC ESSAYThe American BoyTheodore Roosevelt168The Spirit of AdventureHildegarde Hawthorne176Vanishing New YorkRobert and Elizabeth Shackleton184The Songs of the Civil WarBrander Matthews203Locomotion in the Twentieth CenturyH. G. Wells210The Writing of EssaysCharles S. Brooks219The Rhythm of ProseAbram Lipsky225THE REALISTIC STORYThe Chinaman's HeadWilliam Rose Benét230Getting Up to DateRoberta Wayne239The Lion and the MouseJoseph B. Ames253THE CRITICAL ESSAYCoddling in EducationHenry Seidel Canby267A Successful FailureGlenn Frank271The Drolleries of ClothesAgnes Repplier278POETIC PROSEChildrenYukio Ozaki284Ships That Lift Tall Spires of CanvasRalph D. Paine287PERSONALITY IN CORRESPONDENCEThe Statue of General Sherman291The Roosevelt Saint-GaudensCorrespondence Concerning CoinageTheodore Roosevelt andAugustus Saint-Gaudens292THE SYMBOLIC STORYHi-BrasilRalph Durand300