{"product_id":"selected-english-letters-xv-xix-centuries-gb-12515","title":"Selected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected English Letters (XV-XIX Centuries)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis anthology has been compiled with rather mixed motives. First,\r\n'all for our delight'a rule that editors sometimes observe, and\r\noccasionally acknowledge; then, with the desire to interest as large\r\na section of the public as may be. Here is a medley of gay, grave,\r\nfrivolous, homely, religious, sociable, refined, philosophic, and\r\nfeminine,something for every mood, and for the proper study\r\nof mankind. We do not hope to satisfy all critics, but we do not\r\nanticipate that we shall please none. Our difficulty has been that\r\nof choice. Many pleasant companions we have had to pass by; to strike\r\nfrom our list many excellent letters. Those that remain are intended\r\nto present as complete a portrait of the writer as space permits.\r\nOccasionally it was some feature of the age, some nicety of manners,\r\nsome contrast in point of view, that obtained inclusion.\nInto such an anthology the ordinary reader prefers to dip at random,\r\nlooking for old friends or new faces, and has his reward. But if he\r\nis resolute to read letters in chronological order, he will also,\r\nwe hope, find in our selection some trace of the development of the\r\nEpistolary art, as, rising through earlier naiveties and formalities\r\nto the grace and bel air of the great Augustans, it slides into the\r\nfreer, if less dignified, utterance of an age which, startled by cries\r\nof 'Equality' at its birth, has concerned itself less with form than\r\nwith individuality and sincerity of expression.\nThree letters are included of which the originals were penned\r\nin Latin. In a few cases the spelling and punctuation have been\r\nmodernized.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 12515 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Duckitt, Mabel \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jun 1, 2004 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEditor\u003c\/b\u003e: Duckitt, Mabel, 1881- , Elgee, Harriet W. (Harriet Wragg), 1881-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Duckitt, Mabel,1881- \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43216344088733,"sku":"gb-12515-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/12515.jpg?v=1671347194","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/selected-english-letters-xv-xix-centuries-gb-12515","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}