Writer: Charles Dudley Warner (page 3)

4warn10.txt or 4warn10.zip ON HORSEBACK By Charles Dudley Warner I “The way to mount a horse”–said the Professor. “If you have no ladder–put in the Friend of Humanity.” The Professor had ridden through the war for the Union on the right side, enjoying a much better view of it than if he had walked, and

This etext was produced by David Widger NINE SHORT ESSAYS By Charles Dudley Warner CONTENTS: A NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES TRUTHFULNESS THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS LITERATURE AND THE STAGE THE LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE PROLONGING ART “H.H.” IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SIMPLICITY THE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS DURING THE LATE INVASION NATHAN HALE A NIGHT IN

This etext was produced by David Widger MODERN FICTION By Charles Dudley Warner One of the worst characteristics of modern fiction is its so-called truth to nature. For fiction is an art, as painting is, as sculpture is, as acting is. A photograph of a natural object is not art; nor is the plaster cast

This etext was produced by David Widger A LITTLE JOURNEY IN THE WORLD By Charles Dudley Warner INTRODUCTORY SKETCH The title naturally suggested for this story was “A Dead Soul,” but it was discarded because of the similarity to that of the famous novel by Nikolai Gogol–“Dead Souls”–though the motive has nothing in common with

This etext was produced by David Widger LITERARY COPYRIGHT By Charles Dudley Warner This is the first public meeting of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. The original members were selected by an invitation from the American Social Science Association, which acted under the power of its charter from the Congress of the United

This etext was produced by David Widger INDETERMINATE SENTENCE By Charles Dudley Warner THE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE–WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE CRIMINAL CLASS? The problem of dealing with the criminal class seems insolvable, and it undoubtedly is with present methods. It has never been attempted on a fully scientific basis, with due regard to the

3warn10.txt or 3warn10.zip IN THE WILDERNESS By Charles Dudley Warner CONTENTS: HOW I KILLED A BEAR LOST IN THE WOODS A FIGHT WITH A TROUT A-HUNTING OF THE DEER A CHARACTER STUDY (Old Phelps) CAMPING OUT A WILDERNESS ROMANCE WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL PLEASURE HOW I KILLED A BEAR So many conflicting accounts have appeared

3warn10.txt or 3warn10.zip HOW SPRING CAME IN NEW ENGLAND By Charles Dudley Warner New England is the battle-ground of the seasons. It is La Vendee. To conquer it is only to begin the fight. When it is completely subdued, what kind of weather have you? None whatever. What is this New England? A country? No:

This etext was produced by David Widger THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE By Charles Dudley Warner Queen Elizabeth being dead about ten o’clock in the morning, March 24, 1603, Sir Robert Cary posted away, unsent, to King James of Scotland to inform him of the “accident,” and got made a baron of the realm

This etext was produced by David Widger THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO By Charles Dudley Warner At the close of the war for the Union about five millions of negroes were added to the citizenship of the United States. By the census of 1890 this number had become over seven and a half millions. I

If anything can correct the evils of devotion to money, it seems to me that it is the production of intellectual men and women, who will find other satisfactions in life than those of the senses. And when labor sees what it is that is really most to be valued, its discontent will be of

3warn10.txt or 3warn10.zip CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH By Charles Dudley Warner PREFACE When I consented to prepare this volume for a series, which should deal with the notables of American history with some familiarity and disregard of historic gravity, I did not anticipate the seriousness of the task. But investigation of the subject showed me that