Essays Irish and American
First Edition, May, 1918.
Reprinted, December, 1918.
JOHN BUTLER YEATS
Essays
Irish and American
By
John Butler Yeats, r.h.a.
With an Appreciation by Æ
| DUBLIN | LONDON |
| The Talbot Press Ltd. | T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. |
| 89 Talbot Street | 1 Adelphi Terrace |
| 1918 | |
“Homo sum; humani nihil a me alienum puto.”
Contents
| Page | |
| An Appreciation | 5 |
| Recollections of Samuel Butler | 9 |
| Back to the Home | 23 |
| Why the Englishman is Happy | 37 |
| Synge and the Irish | 51 |
| The Modern Woman | 63 |
| Watts and the Method of Art | 75 |
FOUR of the following Essays haveappeared in Harper’s Weekly and one inThe Seven Arts. Thethanks of The Talbot Press,Limited, are due to the proprietors and editors of both Journals,for permission to reprint.
AN APPRECIATION
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