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Essays on Things

by William Lyon Phelps

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  1. 1I — Sunrise
  2. 2II — Molasses
  3. 3III — Resolutions When I Come to Be Old
  4. 4IV — English and American Humour
  5. 5V — A Pair of Socks
  6. 6VI — An Inspiring Cemetery
  7. 7VII — Ancient Football
  8. 8VIII — Rivers
  9. 9IX — One Day at a Time
  10. 10X — City and Country
  11. 11XI — Age Before Beauty
  12. 12XII — Church Unity
  13. 13XIII — Political History
  14. 14XIV — A Room Without a View
  15. 15XV — Tea
  16. 16XVI — The Weather
  17. 17XVII — War
  18. 18XVIII — Man and Boy
  19. 19XIX — Ambition
  20. 20XX — Birds and Statesmen
  21. 21XXI — Russia Before the Revolution
  22. 22XXII — The Devil
  23. 23XXIII — The Forsyte Saga
  24. 24XXIV — Profession and Practice
  25. 25XXV — London as a Summer Resort
  26. 26XXVI — What the Man Will Wear
  27. 27XXVII — Dreams
  28. 28XXVIII — Eating Breakfast
  29. 29XXIX — The Mother Tongue
  30. 30XXX — Our South as Cure for Flu
  31. 31XXXI — Going to Church in Paris
  32. 32XXXII — Optimism and Pessimism
  33. 33XXXIII — Translations
  34. 34XXXIV — Music of the Spheres
  35. 35XXXV — Dog Books
  36. 36XXXVI — Going to Honolulu
  37. 37XXXVII — Hymns
  38. 38XXXVIII — Old-Fashioned Snobs
  39. 39XXXIX — A Fair City
  40. 40XL — Traditions
  41. 41XLI — Spooks
  42. 42XLII — Trial by Jury
  43. 43XLIII — Athletics
  44. 44XLIV — A Private Library All Your Own
  45. 45XLV — The Greatest Common Divisor
  46. 46XLVI — The Great American Game
  47. 47XLVII — Ten Sixty-Six
  48. 48XLVIII — Going Abroad the First Time
  49. 49XLIX — Spiritual Healing
  50. 50L — Superstition
  51. 51Li — The Importance of the Earth
  52. 52LII — What Shall I Think About?

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