Synopsis
A Book Of English Prose, Selected Chiefly From Recent And Living Authors, Ed. By T. Shorter — Thomas Shorter. This late-19th-century miscellany assembles moral essays, biographical sketches, travel writings, and historical vignettes in a multi-genre pursuit of character, virtue, and social insight. The anthology threads themes of religion, leadership, knowledge, and humanity's relation to nature and history, using allegory, narrative episodes, and reflective prose to exhort, illuminate, and entertain. Notable pieces range from allegorical meditations such as The Vision of Mirza to portraits of figures like Washington and Colonel Hutchinson, to travelogues of Alpine landscapes, African hospitality, and Italian lakes. It also includes historical recountings (The Battle of Hastings), moral essays on work, truth, beauty, education, and the social imagination of empire. Through expert juxtaposition of biography, travel, philosophy, and history, the volume aims to cultivate judgment, piety, curiosity, and humane citizenship in readers.
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