Essays on Things
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82
1930
English
- Sunrise
- Molasses
- Resolutions When I Come to Be Old
- English and American Humour
- A Pair of Socks
- An Inspiring Cemetery
- Ancient Football
- Rivers
- One Day at a Time
- City and Country
- Age Before Beauty
- Church Unity
- Political History
- A Room Without a View
- Tea
- The Weather
- War
- Man and Boy
- Ambition
- Birds and Statesmen
- Russia Before the Revolution
- The Devil
- The Forsyte Saga
- Profession and Practice
- London as a Summer Resort
- What the Man Will Wear
- Dreams
- Eating Breakfast
- The Mother Tongue
- Our South as Cure for Flu
- Going to Church in Paris
- Optimism and Pessimism
- Translations
- Music of the Spheres
- Dog Books
- Going to Honolulu
- Hymns
- Old-Fashioned Snobs
- A Fair City
- Traditions
- Spooks
- Trial by Jury
- Athletics
- A Private Library All Your Own
- The Greatest Common Divisor
- The Great American Game
- Ten Sixty-Six
- Going Abroad the First Time
- Spiritual Healing
- Superstition
- The Importance of the Earth
- What Shall I Think About?
William Lyon Phelps was founder of the Pundits, a secret society at Yale, noted for its collection of the wittiest and most erudite students, and he later became one of the most beloved professors at Yale for many years. He was sought after as a lecturer, preacher, and scholar. His writing output covered a wide range of literary guides to novels, poetry, and drama from Shakespeare to Russian novels,, as well as works on the Bible.
In this collection of fifty-two short essays, with unusual wit, insight, and breadth of learning, Phelps covers such serious topics as “War,” “Russia Before the Revolution,” “Church Unity,” and “Optimism and Pessimism,” but also draws insights from the mundane such as, “A Pair of Socks,” Molasses,” “Tea” and “Spooks.” Not to be left out are his travels such as, “Going to Church in Paris,” “Going to Honolulu,” and “London as a Summer Resort.”
- Summary by Larry Wilson
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