Walking-Stick Papers

Robert Cortes Holliday (1880 - 1947)

Robert Cortes Holliday (1880 – 1947) was an American writer and literary editor. Writer and friend, Christopher Morley, wrote of Holliday: "[he] has the genuine gift of the personal essay, mellow, fluent, and pleasantly eccentric." This is a 1918 selection of his essays. - Summary by david wales

Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Prologue: On Carrying A Cane David Wales
00:19:23
Play 01 The Fish Reporter David Wales
00:24:12
Play 02 On Going On A Journey David Wales
00:16:47
Play 03 Going To Art Exhibitions David Wales
00:23:47
Play 04 A Roundabout Paper David Wales
00:17:47
Play 05 That Reviewer 'Cuss' David Wales
00:28:25
Play 06 Literary Levities In London David Wales
00:16:05
Play 07 Henry James, Himself David Wales
00:11:37
Play 08 Memories Of A Manuscript David Wales
00:18:45
Play 09 'You Are An American' David Wales
00:18:05
Play 10 Why Men Can't Read Novels By Women David Wales
00:16:07
Play 11 The Dessert Of Life David Wales
00:20:54
Play 12 A Clerk May Look At Celebrity David Wales
00:20:43
Play 13 Caun't Speak The Language David Wales
00:17:18
Play 14 Hunting Lodgings David Wales
00:09:13
Play 15 My Friend, The Policeman David Wales
00:09:37
Play 16 Help Wanted -- Male, Female David Wales
00:13:34
Play 17 Human Municipal Documents David Wales
00:21:37
Play 18 As To People David Wales
00:09:08
Play 19 Humours Of The Book Shop David Wales
00:12:06
Play 20 The Deceased David Wales
00:17:10
Play 21 A Town Constitutional David Wales
00:19:56
Play 22 Reading After Thirty David Wales
00:06:00
Play 23 Epilogue: On Wearing A Hat David Wales
00:12:14