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Sydney Smith

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018-07-14
主題	Biography & Autobiography / General
ISBN	17229055739781722905576
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=rddkuQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Sydney Smith George William E.Russell Sydney Smith was an English wit, writer, Anglican cleric and an outstanding representative of the English liberal tradition. This book compiles much of his work through letters, poems and writings. Starting as an impoverished village curate he went to Edinburgh as a tutor and cofounded the Edinburgh Review, In 1803 he moved to London where he was introduced to The Holland House circle where he quickly became an admired and popular member. Apart from his letters, his writings are not widely known but Mr Auden places him alongside Swift, Shaw and Hooker to be ranked very high by any literary standard. This generous selection gives the full flavor of his mind and Mr Auden has prefaced it with a stimulating introduction on the individual and his liberal mind. Content includes: The Peter Plymley Letters, Methodism, Persecuting Bishops, What is a Puseyite (poem), Letters to Archdeacon Singleton, Letter to Lord Lansdowne, Letter to Mrs. Beach, Advice to Parishioners, A Little Moral Advice, A Nice Person, Too Much Latin and Greek, Female Education, Letter to Francis Jeffrey (extract), and many more. From Sydney Smith's published works, which have been little known except for the letters, Mr. W. H. Auden has chosen a generous sampling in a variety of forms. The Selected Writings of Sydney Smith provides an enjoyable introduction to a witty and engaging writer who has much to say to our times. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.