The Romance Of The Commonplace

by Frank Gelett BURGESS (1886 - 1951)

The Edge Of The World; The Diary Habit

The Romance Of The Commonplace

Thirty four whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, and entertaining essays about not much in particular, published in 1902, by one of the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The American Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author, and humorist. Nonsense verse (none in this collection) was a specialty. - Summary by David Wales


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A Pauper's Monologue; A Young Man's Fancy , A Plea For The Precious; Sub Rosa , The Confessions Of An Ignoramus; A Music-Box Recital , The Perfect Go-between; Growing Up , Where Is Bohemia? The Bachelor's Advantage