The Best English Essays

EDITED BY

SHERWIN CODY

A SELECTION FROM THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES. 18mo. $1.00 net.

A SELECTION FROM THE BEST ENGLISH ESSAYS. 18mo. $1.00 net.

In Preparation

THE WORLD'S GREATEST ORATIONS. 18mo. $1.00 net.

A SELECTION

FROM

THE BEST

ENGLISH ESSAYS

ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY
OF ENGLISH PROSE STYLE

WITH

CHOSEN AND ARRANGED
HISTORICAL & CRITICAL INTRODUCTIONS

By SHERWIN

CODY

EDITOR OF "THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHORT STORIES,' AND AUTHOR
ог THE ART OF WRITING AND SPEAKING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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JOHN FRANKLIN GENUNG, PH.D.,

Professor of Rhetoric at Amherst College