. The humour of Homer, and other essays. Edited by Streatfield with a biographical sketch of the author by Henry Festing Jones . Waiko- , ph. From a photoj^raph made by Pizzetta in Varallo in ; 79079 The Humour of HQm^rand Other Essscyl^l I ONTARIO 79079 By Samuel Butler Author of * Erewhon, ** Ercwhon Revisited,*The Way of all Flesh, etc. Edited by R. A. Streatfeild With a biographical sketch of the author by Henry Festing Jones, and a frontispiece portrait from a photograph taken in 1889 London : A. C. Fifield First published in 1913. Printed in Great Britain at Cl)e IHapfloio
. The humour of Homer, and other essays. Edited by Streatfield with a biographical sketch of the author by Henry Festing Jones . Waiko- , ph. From a photoj^raph made by Pizzetta in Varallo in ; 79079 The Humour of HQm^rand Other Essscyl^l I ONTARIO 79079 By Samuel Butler Author of * Erewhon, ** Ercwhon Revisited,*The Way of all Flesh, etc. Edited by R. A. Streatfeild With a biographical sketch of the author by Henry Festing Jones, and a frontispiece portrait from a photograph taken in 1889 London : A. C. Fifield First published in 1913. Printed in Great Britain at Cl)e IHapfloioer presspspmoutD William Brendon & Son Ltd. Contents Frontispiece—Samuel Butler in i88g Introduction by R. A. Streatfeild . . vii Biographical Sketch by H. F. Jones 13 The Humour of Homer 59 Quis Desiderio . . ? 99 Ramblings in Cheapside no The Aunt, the Nieces, and the Dog 127 How to Make the Best of Life 142 The Sanctuary of Montrigone . 153 A Medieval Girl School 166 Art in the Valley of Saas 188 Thought and Language 209 The Deadlock in Darwinism. Part I . 245 do. Part II 271 do. Part 1 II 292 Introduction By R. A. Streatfeild THE nucleus of this book is the collection ofessays by Samuel Butler, which was originallypublished by >Ir. Grant Richards in 1904 under the titleEssays on Life, Art and Science, and reissued by in 1908. To these are now added anotheressay, entitled The Humour of Homer, a biographicalsketch of the author kindly contributed by Mr. HenryFesting Jones, which will add materially to the valueof th
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