Louise Imogen Guiney, and American poet and essayist, here presents twenty essays with her characteristic wit and poetic flair and often a touch of satire on sometimes common topics such as the apple, the moon, mathematics and the garret, even the provocative "On Teaching One's Grandmother how to Suck Eggs." - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
On the Good Repute of the Apple
09:42 - Chapter 2
A Hand
15:18 - Chapter 3
An Open Letter to the Moon
13:15 - Chapter 4
Brentford Pulpit
20:22 - Chapter 5
Notes Made by Troilus Gently
21:08 - Chapter 6
On Teaching One's Grandmother How to Suck Eggs
11:24 - Chapter 7
Old Haunts
08:13 - Chapter 8
Free Thoughts on Books
09:00 - Chapter 9
A November Festival
08:28 - Chapter 10
Vagabondiana
12:30 - Chapter 11
Mathematics
05:42 - Chapter 12
A Child in Camp
16:11 - Chapter 13
On Graveyards
11:02 - Chapter 14
Some Garden-Folk
04:10 - Chapter 15
Hospitalities
07:29 - Chapter 16
The Two Voices
09:11 - Chapter 17
Sweetheart
04:25 - Chapter 18
On the Beauty of Idleness
06:26 - Chapter 19
De Mosquitone
06:57 - Chapter 20
On the Garret
07:04