American Sketches - Softcover
Charles Whibley (1859-1930) was an English literary journalist and author. He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Jesus College, Cambridge. As a writer on Blackwood’s Magazine, he was a prominent conservative columnist, as well as an influential literary figure, recruited by its editor William Blackwood III. He was a persistent critic of the system of state education. His works include: A Collection of Letters of W. M. Thackeray 1847-1855 (1887), Cathedrals of England and Wales and Their History (1888), In Cap and Gown: Three Centuries of Cambridge Wit (1889) (edited), A Book of English Prose: Character and Incident 1387-1649 (with W. E. Henley) (1894), A Book of Scoundrels (1897), Studies in Frankness (1898), The Pageantry of Life (1900), Musings Without Method: A Record of 1900-1901 (1902), William Makepeace Thackeray (1903), Literary Portraits (1904), American Sketches (1908), The Letters of an Englishman (1911), Essays in Biography (1913), Political Portraits (1917), Literary Studies (1919), Apuleius: The Golden Ass (1927) and The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter (with W. C. Firebaugh) (1927).
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherDodo Pr
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1409926796
- ISBN 13 9781409926795
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages116
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want