New and old essays, 1820-1935 / edited by R. W. Jepson. - London ; New York: Longmans, Green ; 1938. - 256 p. : incl. front., map. ; 19 cm.

"Library edition. First published 1937."

Introduction.--The art of book-making, by Washington Irving.--Grace before meat, by Charles Lamb.--On the want of money, by William Hazlitt.--A chapter on hats, by Leigh Hunt.--Happy guessing, by John Brown.--City of London churches, by Charles Dickens.--Ogres, by W. M. Thackeray.--Tarascon, by Henry James.--The poems of Sir Walter Scott, by Andrew Lang.--Falstaff, by G. H. Radford.--A cynic's apology, by Leslie Stephen.--Quis desiderio . . .? By Samuel Butler.--A defence of detective stories, by G. K. Chesterton.--Walker Miles, by Hugh Sidgwick.--On expression, by John Galsworthy.--On humour and satire, by R. A. Knox.--An ancient holiday, by Edmund Blunden.--Notes.

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