What is man? and other essays
Title:
What is man? and other essays
Author:
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Essays. Selections
Publication Information:
New York ; London : Harper & Brothers, [1917]
©1917
Physical Description:
3 leaves, 375 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations ; 21 x 14.5 cm.
General Note:
"Authorized edition."
Rare Book Room copy a gift of Bulkley Southworth Griffin, Washington, D.C., 1967.
Language:
English
Contents:
What is man? -- The death of Jean -- The turning-point of my life -- How to make history dates stick -- The memorable assassination -- A scrap of curious history -- Switzerland, the cradle of liberty -- At the Shrine of St. Wagner -- William Dean Howells -- English as she is taught -- A simplified alphabet -- As concerns interpreting the Deity -- Concerning tobacco -- The bee -- Taming the bicycle -- Is Shakespeare dead?
Local Note:
RBR copy : In red giltstamped cloth.
Subject Term:
Format :
Book