Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from English Essays
When we speak of an essay now, we gener ally mean some short piece of writing which de scribes or explains something in a manner less detailed and complete than that of a regular treatise. Thus Macaulay's Essays are gener ally criticisms of distinguished authors or states men, carefully written, but not so long as books devoted to the subject would be. And Matthew Arnold's Essays in Criticism are either accounts of authors or explanations of certain ideas. But the chief difference between such essays'and books is their length. These essays are short treatments of their subjects, but they are generally as care fully thought out, and arranged with as much care, as if they were longer, and they are as com plete as is possible within their limits.
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