This is a volume of essays by American author Brander Matthews. Matthews is today mostly remembered for his short pieces of speculative fiction, but his essays are also of enduring interest. This volume contains 15 essays on different topics, ranging from contemporary history (1922) over literature to philosophy. They are written in a very accessible style and will interest readers and listeners today as much as they must have interested readers when the book was published in 1922. - Summary by Carolin
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Tocsin of Revolt
24:44 - Chapter 2
The Duty of the Intellectuals
26:46 - Chapter 3
The Dwelling of a Day-Dream
24:34 - Chapter 4
What is American Literature?
18:30 - Chapter 5
The Centenary of a Question
19:52 - Chapter 6
American Aphorisms
24:10 - Chapter 7
A Plea for the Platitude
17:45 - Chapter 8
The Length of Cleopatra's Nose
26:07 - Chapter 9
Concerning Conversation
21:42 - Chapter 10
The Gentle Art of Repartee
21:09 - Chapter 11
Cosmopolitan Cookery
22:40 - Chapter 12
On Working too much and Working too fast
14:01 - Chapter 13
The Modernity of Molière
13:21 - Chapter 14
Theodore Roosevelt as a Man of Letters
26:28 - Chapter 15
Memories of Mark Twain
1:02:09