| Essays About Men, Women and Books Contributor(s): Birrell, Augustine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162799919 ISBN-13: 9781162799919 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Non-classifiable - Literary Collections | Essays - History |
| Dewey: 820.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 6" W x 9" (0.72 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1899. Birrell, English author and politician, he first came to the public's attention as a literary critic of unusually clever style and an original vein of wit. Contents: Dean Swift; Lord Bolingbroke; Sterne; Dr. Johnson; Richard Cumberland; Alexander Knox and Thomas De Quincey; Hannah More; Marie Bashkirtseff; Sir John Vanbrugh; John Gay; Roger North's Autobiography; Books Old and New; Book-binding; Poets Laureate; Parliamentary Candidates; The Bona-Fide Traveller; Hours in a Library; Americanisms and Briticisms; and Authors and Critics. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
