Little JOURNEYS TO PARNASSUS By THOMAS SPEED MOSBY Laudator temporis acti PUBLISHED BY MESSAGE PUBLISHING CO. JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI 1921 Copyright, 1921, T. S. Mosby. INTRODUCTION. No volume with which the author is acquainted has here tofore attempted to present in abbreviated form a critical survey, however imperfect, of the classical periods of the seven great literatures of the world, and he is persuaded that no such work exists. The need of such a work is apparent to all who have sought to gain, in a brief period of ...
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Little JOURNEYS TO PARNASSUS By THOMAS SPEED MOSBY Laudator temporis acti PUBLISHED BY MESSAGE PUBLISHING CO. JEFFERSON CITY MISSOURI 1921 Copyright, 1921, T. S. Mosby. INTRODUCTION. No volume with which the author is acquainted has here tofore attempted to present in abbreviated form a critical survey, however imperfect, of the classical periods of the seven great literatures of the world, and he is persuaded that no such work exists. The need of such a work is apparent to all who have sought to gain, in a brief period of time, even a slight acquaintance with many of the literatures mentioned. This desideratum the present volume, it is hoped, may in some measure supply. It will be noted, moreover, that the grouping of the subjects herein treated will facilitate comparison and contrast, and thus enable the student to arrive at a more ac curate knowledge of the relative merits of an author than he might have obtained from an entire volume on a single subject. In every instance the attempt has been made to portray the character faithfully and intimately, however brief the sketch. Thus we say of Horace that he has been the loved companion of literary men for twenty centuries. In the phil osophy of amicability he stands without a peer. His striking features are humanness and modernity. Always he is the speaking friend at elbow, varying quip and jest with solemn admonition, etc. With all deference to the opinions of others, it is respectfully submitted that a volume of critical essays upon the Ars Poetica and the Odes could scarcely afford a more accurate view of Horace. Wherever it has been thought necessary or advisable the better to elucidate the subject, the worlds greatest authoritiesin literary criticism have been quoted. Conspicuous instances are the essays on Byron and Goethe. Indeed, it is believed there is no other work of the kind so rich in quotations of that sort. The reader will par don, let it be hoped, any disposition to exaggerate the value of this feature of the work. To the author it has appeared to be of the very highest importance. This work is not primarily designed for use as a textbook in the schools. But for the purposes of supplemental reading, v vi INTRODUCTION. and as a work of reference, it should be found invaluable as an aid to students and literary workers. For these reasons it has been officially adopted for the Pupils Reading Circle in the public schools of the State of Missouri. For these purposes the general index at the end of this volume will add materially to its value. In the seventy essays herewith submitted it has been necessary to omit much of interest and value. But if the au thor has succeeded in his purpose, the reader will delve more deeply into the rich mines of which these fragments are but specimen ores. In a time so largely given to material pursuits it may profit us to remember that some old things are true. Times change, but the eternal verities abide. There are truths which age cannot crumble, beauties which time cannot efface. The good and true remain. Nothing else really matters. Out of the chrysalis of things that are dead new beauties bloom, in perpetual kinship with the glory and the dream we thought no more. The rainbow fades, but its colors reappear in a myriad of living forms, in an area bounded only by the limits of the sun. It was Samuel Johnson who said That man is little to be envied whose patriotism wouldnot gain force upon the plain of Marathon or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona. Nor is he more to be envied whose mind cannot draw new light from the olden, golden truths that loom like distant stars in the horizon of the soul. Hence these little journeys to the mount of inspiration...
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1922 Mosby, Thomas Speed LITTLE JOURNEYS TO PARNASSUS Second edition Revised and enlarged Jefferson City, MO: The Hugh Stpehens Press, 1922 302pp, index 8vo Bookplate of Cole County Historical Society on front pastedown, Cole County Historical Society Library stamped on upper edge of textblock Near fine hardcover with minor spotting on spine.
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