A. C. Benson

Preface ESSAYS OF TODAY was finst published in 1923 and has enjoyed wide and continuous readership. The judgement of the original editor, F. H. Pritchard, has been attested by the popu-larity of his selection with that audience whom he had particularly in mind—the upper forms in secondary...

Before you begin to read all the delightful things collected together in this little book, there is one point upon which you should be quite clear: What is an essay? Well, the term is a pretty wicle one. .Literally it means "an attempt"—a shot at hitting the mark—a blow on the head of the...