Robert Louis Stevenson in A Christmas Sermon
By permission of Charles Scribner's Sons
The Gentlest Art
A Choice of Letters by Entertaining Hands
Edited by E. V. LUCAS
An anthology of letter-writing so human, interesting, and amusing from first to last, as almost to inspire one to attempt the restoration of the lost art.
"There is hardly a letter among them all that one would have left out, and the book is of such pleasant size and appearance, that one would not have it added to, either."—The New York Times.
"The author has made his selections with admirable care. We do not miss a single old favorite. He has given us all that is best in letter-writing, and the classification under such heads as 'Children and Grandfathers,' 'The Familiar Manner,' 'The Grand Style,' 'Humorists and Oddities' is everything that can be desired."—The Argonaut.
"Letters of news and of gossip, of polite nonsense, of humor and pathos, of friendship, of quiet reflection, stately letters in the grand manner, and naïve letters by obscure and ignorant folk."
Cloth, $1.25 net