Selected essays / by Samuel Butler, with a biographical sketch of the author by Henry Festing Jones
London : Jonathan Cape, 1927. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #452280
Series; Travellers' library ; [55]. Physical description; 256 pages ; 18 cm. Notes; Reprint, with omissions and corrections, of: The humour of Homer, and other essays, 1913. Contents; The humour of Homer.--Quis desiderio...?--Ramblings in Cheapside.--The aunt, the nieces, and the dog.--How to make the best of life.--The sanctuary of Montrigone.--A medieval girl school.--Art in the valley of Saas.--Thought and language. Subjects; Butler, Samuel (1835-1902). Homer.
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