New Brooms

Roberts J. Shores' «New Brooms» is a collection of essays. This edition includes essays on the following topics: – A Philosophical Cook – A Bachelor on Women – On Pensioning Writers – A Puritan in Bohemia – An Arraignment of Originality – A Flattering Tribute – The Riddle of a Dream – Beds for the Bad – Is Chesterton a Man Alive? – From a Hunchback – From a Hotel Sponge – From Sarah Shelfworn – From Anna Pest – From Seth Shirtless – Sartor-Psychology – Mr. Body Protest – On Certain Condescension in Fashion Writers – Of Looking Backward – The Literary Life – The Poetic Licence – The Necessity for Beggars – The Abuses of Adversity – The Science of Making Enemies – The Faith of Falstaff – The Reward of Merit – The Blessings of the Blind – A Tale of Mad Poet Wife – The Lock Step – The Fruit of Fame.