Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2022-04-10 Public domain in the USA. 191 Torrey, Bradford 1843 1912 06036033 Friends on the Shelf $aUnited States :$bHoughton, Mifflin and Company,$c1906. William Hazlitt -- Edward FitzGerald -- Thoreau -- Thoreau's demand upon nature -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- A relish of Keats -- Anatole France -- Verbal magic -- Quotability -- The grace of obscurity -- In defense of the traveler's notebook -- Concerning the lack of an American literature. Emmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Friends on the Shelf" by Bradford Torrey is a reflective essay collection written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives and thoughts of significant literary figures such as William Hazlitt and Edward FitzGerald, delving into the nature of friendship, solitude, and the sustained impact of literature on one’s life. The opening of the book introduces the theme of literary companionship through a meditation on Hazlitt, illustrating his complexity as a person who, despite numerous disappointments, maintained a profound appreciation for life and its joys. Torrey presents Hazlitt’s thoughts on happiness, the importance of emotional richness, and the interplay between memory and sentimentality. The text also hints at the exploration of various other writers, indicating that the book will weave together snippets of their philosophies and literary contributions, celebrating a deep camaraderie with the written word and the solace it provides. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/friendsonshelf00torruoft 20210501021249torrey 1906 us Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 Keats, John, 1795-1821 FitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883 Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism France, Anatole, 1844-1924 Readability (Literary style) Hazlitt, William, 1778-1830 PN Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches 412401 2025-07-27T04:29:41.679262 text/html 399814 2024-10-18T20:53:07 text/html 970750 2025-07-27T04:29:49.630223 application/epub+zip 969133 2025-07-27T04:29:44.058305 application/epub+zip 673674 2025-07-27T04:29:42.790272 application/epub+zip 1638346 2025-07-27T04:29:54.034350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1346770 2025-07-27T04:29:48.596243 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1305827 2022-09-30T14:09:09.367015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370334 2025-07-27T04:29:41.176258 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 350365 2024-10-18T20:53:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18332 2025-07-27T04:29:54.188214 application/rdf+xml 14714 2025-07-27T04:29:43.213258 image/jpeg 1721 2025-07-27T04:29:43.000249 image/jpeg 1736446 2025-07-27T04:29:41.738262 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia