Project Gutenberg 2010-01-21 Public domain in the USA. 176 Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) 1828 1891 Adams, William Henry Davenport Adams, W.H. By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary Subjects Paper-knife pleasures -- Ruskin as poet -- Elections in literature -- Familiar verse -- Shakespeare's England -- Heredity in song -- Stings for the stingy -- Dialogues of the dead -- Sermons in flowers -- 'Don Quixote' in England -- Bedside books -- Their much speaking -- Peers and poetry -- The praise of Thames -- English epigraphs -- The 'season' in song -- The 'recess' in rhyme -- Jaques in love -- Mocking at matrimony -- Parson poets -- The outsides of books -- The not impossible she -- Nonsense verses -- Single-speech Hamiltons -- Dramatic nomenclature -- Puns and patronymics -- 'Yours truly' -- Postscripts. Produced by Julia Miller, Stephanie Eason, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary Subjects" by W. H. Davenport Adams is a collection of literary essays written in the late 19th century. The book explores various aspects of literature, often taking a light and contemplative approach to its subjects, drawing the reader's attention to the less trodden paths of literary discussion rather than mainstream topics. Adams aims to illuminate the joys and quirks of books and their readers, embracing themes such as the appeal of both new and old literature, the intricacies of literary history, and the nature of poetry. The opening of the collection introduces the concept of "paper-knife pleasures," celebrating both old books and the delight of discovering new ones. Adams meditates on the joy of handling new books, emphasizing their freshness and the boundless possibilities they hold within their unturned pages. He contrasts the allure of pristine volumes with the well-loved but aging tomes that carry the weight of history. Through his engaging prose, he invites readers to reflect on their own relationships with books, suggesting that each new volume offers a sense of renewed excitement and anticipation, akin to the thrill of exploration in a literary landscape. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English literature -- History and criticism PR Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature 289348 289351 2024-09-13T08:04:51.901844 2023-09-13T12:43:46.816604 text/html text/html 300418 2021-01-06T01:40:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 615583 2021-01-06T01:40:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 592905 2024-09-13T08:05:00.471247 application/epub+zip 596327 2024-09-13T08:04:55.085782 application/epub+zip 181232 2024-09-13T08:04:53.839830 application/epub+zip 820695 2024-09-13T08:05:04.144238 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 791034 2024-09-13T08:04:59.325210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 327596 2022-09-14T09:43:47.375643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 238642 238413 2024-09-13T08:04:50.834786 2023-09-13T12:43:46.022662 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 238285 2021-01-06T01:40:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98158 2021-01-06T01:40:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238291 2021-01-06T01:40:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98075 2021-01-06T01:40:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20857 2024-09-13T08:05:04.282198 application/rdf+xml 24233 2024-09-13T08:04:54.219803 image/jpeg 5017 2024-09-13T08:04:54.028812 image/jpeg 904938 2024-09-13T08:04:51.982790 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