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A BOOK OF FAMOUS VERSE. Selectedby Agnes Repplier. In Riverside Libraryfor Young People. 16mo, 75 cents; HolidayEdition, 16mo, fancy binding, $1.25.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York.
ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
BY
AGNES REPPLIER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1897
Copyright, 1893,
By AGNES REPPLIER.
All rights reserved.
SEVENTH EDITION.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
To AGNES IRWIN.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Agrippina | 1 |
| The Children’s Poets | 33 |
| The Praises of War | 65 |
| Leisure | 94 |
| Words | 113 |
| Ennui | 137 |
| Wit and Humor | 168 |
| Letters | 192 |