The Tocsin of Revolt, and other Essays

This is a volume of essays by American author Brander Matthews. Matthews is today mostly remembered for his short pieces of speculative fiction, but his essays are also of enduring interest. This volume contains 15 essays on different topics, ranging from contemporary history over literature to philosophy. They are written in a very accessible style and will interest readers and listeners today as much as they must have interested readers when the book was published in 1922.


By : Brander Matthews (1852 - 1929)

01 - The Tocsin of Revolt



02 - The Duty of the Intellectuals



03 - The Dwelling of a Day-Dream



04 - What is American Literature?



05 - The Centenary of a Question



06 - American Aphorisms



07 - A Plea for the Platitude



08 - The Length of Cleopatra's Nose



09 - Concerning Conversation



10 - The Gentle Art of Repartee



11 - Cosmopolitan Cookery



12 - On Working too much and Working too fast



13 - The Modernity of Molière



14 - Theodore Roosevelt as a Man of Letters



15 - Memories of Mark Twain

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