The Poet at the Breakfast Table, His Talks with His Fellow Boarders and The Reader

The Poet at the Breakfast Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, originally published in 1872. The book is a series of conversations between the poet and his fellow boarders at a boarding house, as well as with the reader. The essays cover a wide range of topics, including literature, philosophy, science, and politics. The book is written in a conversational style, with Holmes often using humor and wit to make his points. The essays are meant to be thought-provoking and to encourage readers to think deeply about the world around them. The Poet at the Breakfast Table is considered a classic work of American literature and is still widely read today.1872. A collection of verse from the American author, physician and father of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. He turned from a career as a general practitioner to the academic. He was also a contributor to the Atlantic Monthly (which he named), penning the famous series of Breakfast-table sketches, which are imaginary conversations at a Boston boardinghouse and reflective of Holmes�������s opinions, charm, and wit. He began writing poetry when he was attending college at Cambridge. His first important poem, Old Ironsides, was a protest against the scrapping of the fighting ship Constitution. Though the poetical side of the author's nature was intended to have full play in The Poet at the Breakfast Table, and though there is the same sparkle of style and the same quaint turns of thought and expression, both theme and treatment are of a graver and more impersonal character than in the earlier Autocrat at the Breakfast Table and the Professor at the Breakfast Table. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.