Maurice Francis Egan: 2 books

2 works of Maurice Francis Egan American writer and diplomat (1852-1924) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Maurice Francis Egan. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Confessions of a Book-Lover Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning

This 1922 collection—dedicated to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt, "a man of action in love with books"—is a sort of literary and bibliographic autobiography, tracing the origins of the author's love of reading and books, as well as giving a number of sharp critical judgments of such authors as Twain, Dickens, and Thackeray.