Project Gutenberg 2008-08-23 Public domain in the USA. 88 Eaton, Walter Prichard 1878 1957 Penguin Persons & Peppermints Penguin Persons and Peppermints Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Penguin persons -- Spring comes to Thumping Dick -- The passing of the stage sundial -- On singing songs with one finger -- The immorality of shop-windows -- A forgotten American poet -- New poetry and the lingering line -- The lies we learn in our youth -- The bad manners of polite people -- On giving up golf forever -- "Grape-vine" erudition -- Business before grammar -- Wood ashes and progress -- The vacant room in drama -- On giving an author a plot -- The twilight veil -- Spring in the garden -- The bubble, reputation -- The old house on the bend -- Concerning hat-trees -- The shrinking of Kingman's Field -- Mumblety-peg and middle age -- Barber shops of yesterday -- The button box -- Peppermints. Produced by Chrome, Michael Ciesielski, Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Penguin Persons & Peppermints" by Walter Prichard Eaton is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The essays reflect on various aspects of life, drawing on personal experiences and observations, often with a whimsical or humorous tone. Eaton explores themes such as the importance of lightheartedness and companionship, embodied in his concept of "Penguin Persons," those individuals whose whimsical nature makes life more bearable and enjoyable. The opening portion of the book serves as an introduction to the author's perspective on personal essay writing. In his foreword, Eaton reflects on the personal and intimate nature of essays, asserting that they reveal more about the writer's personality than their more formal works. He discusses how even humor and trivialities share value, allowing readers to find common ground and joy in everyday experiences. Through this framework, he sets up the main theme of the collection, emphasizing the significance of such "Penguin Persons"—friends and acquaintances who bring lightness and laughter into one's life, aiding in coping with the seriousness of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Essays PS Text Browsing: Literature 401722 401594 2024-10-11T09:57:06.168593 2023-09-12T03:30:43.093281 text/html text/html 409976 2008-08-23T13:20:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 216074 2008-08-23T13:22:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 313197 2024-10-11T09:57:16.674068 application/epub+zip 317111 2024-10-11T09:57:10.372564 application/epub+zip 233337 2024-10-11T09:57:08.637543 application/epub+zip 539858 2024-10-11T09:57:21.252993 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508224 2024-10-11T09:57:15.391045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403518 2022-09-12T09:21:44.389258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 353638 353518 2024-10-11T09:57:05.264598 2023-09-12T03:30:42.380289 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 353546 2008-08-23T13:20:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 141890 2008-08-23T13:22:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 353546 2008-08-23T13:22:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141836 2008-08-23T13:22:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21666 2024-10-11T09:57:21.404976 application/rdf+xml 15544 2024-10-11T09:57:09.262550 image/jpeg 3751 2024-10-11T09:57:08.954552 image/jpeg 296011 2024-10-11T09:57:06.215592 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia