The Professor at the Breakfast-Table (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

With the Story of Iris

Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays
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Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ISBN: 9781411446236
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: March 29, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
ISBN: 9781411446236
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: March 29, 2011
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

This 1860 sequel to the author's popular 1858 collection of essays, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, continues the genial, conversational quality of its predecessor. In order to continue interest in a second volume, this book is much more aggressive in tone and thought. It questions aspects of religion, for which an apologia appears in the preface. The essays demonstrate Yankee Ingenuity – or, the self reliance displayed by early colonial settlers. It also contains the story of young girl named Iris, which the London Times praised for its "beauty of form and dramatic interest." 

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This 1860 sequel to the author's popular 1858 collection of essays, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, continues the genial, conversational quality of its predecessor. In order to continue interest in a second volume, this book is much more aggressive in tone and thought. It questions aspects of religion, for which an apologia appears in the preface. The essays demonstrate Yankee Ingenuity – or, the self reliance displayed by early colonial settlers. It also contains the story of young girl named Iris, which the London Times praised for its "beauty of form and dramatic interest." 

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