Morley chose the best familiar essays of his own day from both sides of the Atlantic. Here are Rupert Brooke at Niagara Falls, Don Marquis on the almost perfect state, Belloc mowing a field, Conrad’s familiar preface, William Allen White’s elegy for his daughter Mary, Leacock on the decline of the drama, and pieces by Milne, Beerbohm, Santayana, Bertrand Russell and Joyce Kilmer.
An inviting sampler of the essay in its last golden age, ideal for dipping into one piece at a time. Download the free EPUB.