which was opened to reveal letters and a manuscript
opinions on France and North America
Introduction by Amy Loveman
Critical appendices include "Men as 'gatekeepers'" "Women in the book trade" etc
previous owner signed inside cover
13929 Kipling which was opened to revealBetween classical rhetoric and the emergent novel, the great literary form of the 18th century was the Essay. This anthology includes the consummate periodical essays of the period. From the Spectator cofounded by Addison and Steele, Samuel Johnson, Thomas De Quincey, Eliza Haywood, Henry Fielding, William Cowper, Goldsmith, Boswell, Lamb, Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt. With a helpful chronology and glossary, not to mention great footnotes, this is the best