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The Circus: And Other Essays
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Most of these essays appeared first in the New York Times Magazine, and to the owner and the editor of that publication I am grateful for permission to reprint. Others are reprinted by the courtesy - which is thankfully acknowledged - of Harper's Weekly, and the John J. Mitchell Company. I am deeply indebted to Alden March, Esq., Editor of the New York Times Magazine, for advice and encouragement, and to J. Arthur Murphy, Esq., of Mahwah, New Jersey, for valuable assistance in preparing the manuscript for the press.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Most of these essays appeared first in the New York Times Magazine, and to the owner and the editor of that publication I am grateful for permission to reprint. Others are reprinted by the courtesy - which is thankfully acknowledged - of Harper's Weekly, and the John J. Mitchell Company. I am deeply indebted to Alden March, Esq., Editor of the New York Times Magazine, for advice and encouragement, and to J. Arthur Murphy, Esq., of Mahwah, New Jersey, for valuable assistance in preparing the manuscript for the press.
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
89 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1921
About the author
Joyce Kilmer
108 books25 followersPeople best know "
Trees
" (1913), work of American poet Alfred Joyce Kilmer, whom World War I killed.
Works of this prolific journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith; people remember him most for this short poem, published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.
Despite his mostly unknown works, anthologies publish frequently a select few of his popular poems. Several contemporary critics of Kilmer and modern scholars disparaged his too simple, overly sentimental work and suggested his far too traditional, even archaic style.
Critics often compared Kilmer, considered the leading Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation in America to British contemporaries Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953). Army of the United States deployed him to Europe at the time during the First World War as a sergeant in the 165th United States infantry regiment; the second battle of the Marne in 1918 killed Kilmer at 31 years of age.
Works of this prolific journalist, literary critic, lecturer, and editor celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith; people remember him most for this short poem, published in the collection Trees and Other Poems in 1914.
Despite his mostly unknown works, anthologies publish frequently a select few of his popular poems. Several contemporary critics of Kilmer and modern scholars disparaged his too simple, overly sentimental work and suggested his far too traditional, even archaic style.
Critics often compared Kilmer, considered the leading Catholic poet and lecturer of his generation in America to British contemporaries Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) and Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953). Army of the United States deployed him to Europe at the time during the First World War as a sergeant in the 165th United States infantry regiment; the second battle of the Marne in 1918 killed Kilmer at 31 years of age.
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