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...ticular things, such as, for instance, the analysis of Poe’s place in American literature — an essay of mine, by the way, in the current Atlantic. Com... ...d I remarked Bulfinch’s “Age of Fable,” Shaw’s “History of English and American Literature,” and Johnson’s “Natural History” in two large volumes. Then... ...ith Wolf Larsen, eating at the cabin table and doing nothing but discuss life, literature, and the universe, the while Thomas Mugridge fumed and raged... ...help nor sympathy, I did it all for myself — navigation, mathematics, science, literature, and what not. And of what use has it been? Master and owner... ...rouse this man’s animosity. Be quite friendly with him, talk with him, discuss literature and art with him — he is fond of such things. You will find h...

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...th after month. Obscurely did I live, 20 Not courting the society of men, By literature, or elegance, or rank, Distinguished—in the midst of things, i...

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...een to any school higher than Dame Tedman’s: her acquaintance with profane literature hardly went beyond the rhymes she had worked in her large sample...

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...o absent from her knowledge, for she had gathered from her acquaintance with literature that it was often a source of interest and even of instruction... ...t the girl would distinguish herself in print. Mrs. Varian thought highly of literature, for which she entertained that esteem that is connected with ... ...ent of one of the Miss Varians. Practically, Mrs. Varian’s acquaintance with literature was confined to The New York Interviewer; as she very justly sa... ...ament as I have one at my own dinner table. He has elegant tastes— cares for literature, for art, for science, for charming young ladies. The most ele... ...nsciousness to the or gan of pure reason. Of late, it was not to be denied, literature had seemed a fading light, and even after she had reminded her... ...e done? Has she no taste? he asked. “Oh yes, a great deal; but it’s more for literature,” said Pansy—“and for con versation. But papa cares also for ... ...has left it to your friend Miss Stackpole—‘in recognition of her services to literature.’ Does he mean her following him up from Rome? Was that a serv... ...erature.’ Does he mean her following him up from Rome? Was that a service to literature? It contains a great many rare and valuable books, and as she ... ..., and with the proceeds she’ll set up a newspaper. Will that be a service to literature?” This question Isabel forbore to answer, as it exceeded the l...