Essays of E. B. White"Some of the finest examples of contemporary, genuinely American prose. White's style incorporates eloquence without affection, profundity without pomposity, and wit without frivolity or hostility. Like his predecessors Thoreau and Twain, White's creative, humane, and graceful perceptions are an education for the sensibilities." — Washington Post The classic collection by one of the greatest essayists of our time. Selected by E.B. White himself, the essays in this volume span a lifetime of writing and a body of work without peer. "I have chosen the ones that have amused me in the rereading," he writes in the Foreword, "alone with a few that seemed to have the odor of durability clinging to them." These essays are incomparable; this is a volume to treasure and savor at one's leisure. |
Contents
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HOMECOMING | 8 |
A REPORT IN SPRING | 16 |
DEAD OF A PIG | 20 |
THE EYE OF EDNA | 30 |
COON TREE | 41 |
A REPORT IN JANUARY | 56 |
THE WINTER OF THE GREAT SNOWS | 65 |
THE RING OF TIME | 178 |
WHAT DO OUR HEARTS TREASURE? | 188 |
MEMORIES | 193 |
AFTERNOON OF AN AMERICAN BOY | 195 |
FAREWELL MY LOVELY | 202 |
THE YEARS OF WONDER | 210 |
ONCE MORE TO THE LAKE | 246 |
DIVERSIONS AND OBSESSIONS | 255 |
RIPOSTE | 73 |
THE GEESE | 76 |
THE PLANET | 85 |
LETTER FROM THE EAST | 87 |
BEDFELLOWS | 99 |
SOOTFALL AND FALLOUT | 112 |
UNITY | 125 |
THE CITY | 137 |
THE WORLD OF TOMORROW | 139 |
HERE IS NEW YORK | 148 |
FLORIDA | 169 |
ON A FLORIDA KEY | 171 |
THE SEA AND THE WIND THAT BLOWS | 257 |
THE RAILROAD | 261 |
BOOKS MEN AND WRITING | 279 |
THE ST NICHOLAS LEAGUE | 281 |
A SLIGHT SOUND AT EVENING | 292 |
SOME REMARKS ON HUMOR | 303 |
DON MARQUIS | 312 |
WILL STRUNK | 319 |
MR FORBUSHS FRIENDS | 327 |
About E B White | 349 |