Familiar Studies of Men and Books

A collection of literary essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1882, gathered from magazine pieces. It offers brief critical studies of writers including Hugo, Burns, Whitman, Thoreau, Knox, and Villon, with a preface on the art of short criticism.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Critical essays on writers and the arts›English and American

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Bibliophiles›Other Non-Fiction›Essays and criticism›Critical essays on writers and the arts›English and American