Scots Essayists

Scots Essayists

Scots Essayists, from Stirling to Stevenson

Scots Essayists, From Stirling to Stevenson (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Scots Essayists, From Stirling to Stevenson The Essay, as a form of artistic literary expression, as at once the vehicle for conveying instruction and the medium for the dissemination of intellectual pleasure, has fallen, in our age and land at least, upon evil days. Essay-writing in common with table-talk and oratory, is one of the losf arts! We have well-nigh forgotten how to express our thoughts pithily, pointedly, yet withal naturally. The brief essay has been lost to sight in the mammoth magazine article and the colossal review. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.