A Character Study (Old Phelps) by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssayThere has been a lively inquiry after the primeval man. Wanted, a man who would satisfy the conditions of the miocene environment, an …
Essay
An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author’s own argument — but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have traditionally been sub-classified as formal and informal.
A-Hunting Of The Deer by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssayIf civilization owes a debt of gratitude to the self-sacrificing sportsmen who have cleared the Adirondack regions of catamounts and …
How I Killed A Bear by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssaySo many conflicting accounts have appeared about my casual encounter with an Adirondack bear last summer that in justice to the publi …
American Newspaper by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssayOur theme for the hour is the American Newspaper. It is a subject in which everybody is interested, and about which it is not polite …
The Island Of Bimini by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssayTo the northward of Hispaniola lies the island of Bimini. It may not be one of the spice islands, but it grows the best ginger to be …
Born Old And Rich by Charles Dudley Warner
Story type: EssayWe have been remiss in not proposing a remedy for our present social and economic condition. Looking backward, we see this. The schem …