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An Introduction to the Essay = 8
Ⅰ. British Essays = 15
Francis Bacon = 17
Of Studies = 19
Of Marriage and Single Life = 23
Joseph Addison = 27
Popular Superstitions = 28
Oliver Goldsmith = 35
The Man in Black = 36
Charles Lamb = 43
A Dissertation upon Roast Pig = 44
John Henry Newman = 51
A Definition of a Gentleman = 52
Edward Verrall Lucas = 55
A Funeral = 56
Alfred George Gardiner = 63
On the Philosophy of Hats = 64
George Robert Gissing = 69
Spring = 70
Betrand Arthur William Russell = 83
Envy = 84
William Somerset Maugham = 97
From The Summing Up = 98
David Herbert Lawrence = 107
Give Her a Pattern = 108
Arnold Joseph Toynbee = 115
Hopes and Expectations for the Young Generation = 116
Alan Alexander Milne = 121
Acacia Road = 122
Robert Lynd = 127
One's Habits = 128
John Boynton Priestley = 131
On Doing Nothing = 132
William Golding = 139
Thinking as a Hobby = 140
Ⅱ. American Essays = 153
Washington Irving = 155
The Voyage = 156
Ralph Waldo Emerson = 165
Nature = 166
Henry David Thoreau = 171
The Battle of th Ants = 172
Henry Louis Mencken = 177
On Being an American = 178
Robert Benchley = 187
My Face = 188
James Thurber = 193
The Secret Life of James Thurber = 194
Elwin Brooks White = 203
Once More to the Lake = 204
Edward Hoagland = 215
The Courage of Turtles = 216
Wendell Berry = 227
An Entrance to the Woods = 229
Joan Didion = 245
In Bed = 246
Richard Selzer = 251
The Knife = 252
John Updike = 265
The Female Body = 266
Lewis Thomas = 271
A Fear of Pheromones = 272
Gerald Early = 277
Life with Daughters : Watching the Miss America Pageant = 278
Amy Tan = 301
Mother Tongue = 302
Dorien Ross = 311
Seeking Home = 312
Rod Usher = 317
Virtual Pornographics = 318
Steve Kong = 323
Titanic = 324
Otto Friedrich = 329
The Man with the Golden Helmet = 330
Timothy S. Healy, S.J. = 335
In Defense of Disorder = 336
Meg Greenfield = 341
In Defense of Animals = 342
Donald Mehus = 347
Contemporary Amertican Graffiti = 348
Thomas Beller = 353
A Biker in the City = 354
Russell Baker = 357
The Beer Culture = 358
Copyrights and Acknowledgments = 362
