The Complete Essays of Charles Dudley WarnerNINE SHORT ESSAYSReading editionChapter navigation90 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…BACKLOG EDITIONOF CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERAS WE WERE SAYINGROSE AND CHRYSANTHEMUMTHE RED BONNETTHE LOSS IN CIVILIZATIONSOCIAL SCREAMINGDOES REFINEMENT KILL INDIVIDUALITY?THE DIRECTOIRE GOWNTHE MYSTERY OF THE SEXTHE CLOTHES OF FICTIONTHE BROAD ACHEWING GUMWOMEN IN CONGRESSSHALL WOMEN PROPOSE?FROCKS AND THE STAGEALTRUISMSOCIAL CLEARING-HOUSEDINNER-TABLE TALKNATURALIZATIONART OF GOVERNINGLOVE OF DISPLAYVALUE OF THE COMMONPLACETHE BURDEN OF CHRISTMASTHE RESPONSIBILITY OF WRITERSTHE CAP AND GOWNA TENDENCY OF THE AGEA LOCOED NOVELISTAS WE GOOUR PRESIDENTTHE NEWSPAPER-MADE MANINTERESTING GIRLSGIVE THE MEN A CHANCETHE ADVENT OF CANDORTHE AMERICAN MANTHE ELECTRIC WAYCAN A HUSBAND OPEN HIS WIFE'S LETTERS?A LEISURE CLASSWEATHER AND CHARACTERBORN WITH AN “EGO”JUVENTUS MUNDIA BEAUTIFUL OLD AGETHE ATTRACTION OF THE REPULSIVEGIVING AS A LUXURYCLIMATE AND HAPPINESSTHE NEW FEMININE RESERVEREPOSE IN ACTIVITYWOMEN—IDEAL AND REALTHE ART OF IDLENESSIS THERE ANY CONVERSATIONTHE TALL GIRLTHE DEADLY DIARYTHE WHISTLING GIRLBORN OLD AND RICHTHE “OLD SOLDIER”THE ISLAND OF BIMINIJUNENINE SHORT ESSAYSA NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIESTRUTHFULNESSTHE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESSLITERATURE AND THE STAGETHE LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE PROLONGING ART“H.H.” IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIASIMPLICITYTHE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS DURING THE LATE INVASIONNATHAN HALE—1887FASHIONS IN LITERATUREINTRODUCTIONFASHIONS IN LITERATURETHE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERCERTAIN DIVERSITIES OF AMERICAN LIFETHE PILGRIM, AND THE AMERICAN OF TODAY—1892SOME CAUSES OF THE PREVAILING DISCONTENTTHE EDUCATION OF THE NEGROTHE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE—WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE CRIMINAL CLASS?LITERARY COPYRIGHTTHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFEBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHTHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFETHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFE“EQUALITY”WHAT IS YOUR CULTURE TO ME?MODERN FICTIONTHOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY MR. FROUDE'S “PROGRESS”ENGLANDTHE NOVEL AND THE COMMON SCHOOLTHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTETHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE (continued 2)IIIPrevious chapter ←JUNENext chapter →A NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIESAll chapters and sections (90)Other sectionsBACKLOG EDITIONOF CHARLES DUDLEY WARNERAS WE WERE SAYINGROSE AND CHRYSANTHEMUMTHE RED BONNETTHE LOSS IN CIVILIZATIONSOCIAL SCREAMINGDOES REFINEMENT KILL INDIVIDUALITY?THE DIRECTOIRE GOWNTHE MYSTERY OF THE SEXTHE CLOTHES OF FICTIONTHE BROAD ACHEWING GUMWOMEN IN CONGRESSSHALL WOMEN PROPOSE?FROCKS AND THE STAGEALTRUISMSOCIAL CLEARING-HOUSEDINNER-TABLE TALKNATURALIZATIONART OF GOVERNINGLOVE OF DISPLAYVALUE OF THE COMMONPLACETHE BURDEN OF CHRISTMASTHE RESPONSIBILITY OF WRITERSTHE CAP AND GOWNA TENDENCY OF THE AGEA LOCOED NOVELISTAS WE GOOUR PRESIDENTTHE NEWSPAPER-MADE MANINTERESTING GIRLSGIVE THE MEN A CHANCETHE ADVENT OF CANDORTHE AMERICAN MANTHE ELECTRIC WAYCAN A HUSBAND OPEN HIS WIFE'S LETTERS?A LEISURE CLASSWEATHER AND CHARACTERBORN WITH AN “EGO”JUVENTUS MUNDIA BEAUTIFUL OLD AGETHE ATTRACTION OF THE REPULSIVEGIVING AS A LUXURYCLIMATE AND HAPPINESSTHE NEW FEMININE RESERVEREPOSE IN ACTIVITYWOMEN—IDEAL AND REALTHE ART OF IDLENESSIS THERE ANY CONVERSATIONTHE TALL GIRLTHE DEADLY DIARYTHE WHISTLING GIRLBORN OLD AND RICHTHE “OLD SOLDIER”THE ISLAND OF BIMINIJUNENINE SHORT ESSAYSA NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIESTRUTHFULNESSTHE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESSLITERATURE AND THE STAGETHE LIFE-SAVING AND LIFE PROLONGING ART“H.H.” IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIASIMPLICITYTHE ENGLISH VOLUNTEERS DURING THE LATE INVASIONNATHAN HALE—1887FASHIONS IN LITERATUREINTRODUCTIONFASHIONS IN LITERATURETHE AMERICAN NEWSPAPERCERTAIN DIVERSITIES OF AMERICAN LIFETHE PILGRIM, AND THE AMERICAN OF TODAY—1892SOME CAUSES OF THE PREVAILING DISCONTENTTHE EDUCATION OF THE NEGROTHE INDETERMINATE SENTENCE—WHAT SHALL BE DONE WITH THE CRIMINAL CLASS?LITERARY COPYRIGHTTHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFEBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHTHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFETHE RELATION OF LITERATURE TO LIFE“EQUALITY”WHAT IS YOUR CULTURE TO ME?MODERN FICTIONTHOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY MR. FROUDE'S “PROGRESS”ENGLANDTHE NOVEL AND THE COMMON SCHOOLTHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTETHE PEOPLE FOR WHOM SHAKESPEARE WROTE (continued 2)Chapters3By Charles Dudley Warner← JUNEA NIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF THE TUILERIES →