Our Literary Deluge (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

And Some of Its Deeper Waters

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By Francis Whiting Halsey

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Feb 7, 2012
Page Count
272 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411457898

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ebook (Digital original)

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Published in 1902, this collection of essays, revised for this volume, stemmed from the observation that the quantity of books published was rising in inverse proportion to their quality.  “Writing done at this rate of speed,” the author opines, “is not literature and cannot be.”


Francis Whiting Halsey

About the Author

Francis Whiting Halsey (1851-1919) was an American journalist, editor, and historian.  His magnum opus was the ten-volume Literary Digest History of the World War (1919-1920), an invaluable primary source collection of documents, articles, and photographs.  Other works included Two Months Abroad (1878) and Seeing Europe with Famous Authors (1914). 

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