{"product_id":"2940012455857","title":"Emerson and Other Essays","description":"John Jay Chapman (1862–1933) was an American author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[edit] BiographyHe was born in New York City. His father, Henry Grafton Chapman, was a broker who eventually became president of the New York Stock Exchange. He was educated at Harvard, was admitted to the bar in 1888, and practiced law until 1898. Meanwhile he had attracted attention as an essayist of unusual merit. His work is marked by originality and felicity of expression, and in the opinion of many critics has placed him in the front rank of the American essayists of his day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe is the subject of an interesting biographical and critical essay by Edmund Wilson in The Triple Thinkers which recounts the reasons behind Chapman's deliberately burning off his own left hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[edit] BibliographyEmerson and Other Essays (1898)\u003cbr\u003eCauses and Consequences (1898)\u003cbr\u003ePractical Agitation (1900)\u003cbr\u003eFour Plays for Children (1908)\u003cbr\u003eThe Maid's Forgiveness (1908)\u003cbr\u003eA Message from Bologna (1909)\u003cbr\u003eBenedict Arnold: A Play for a Greek Theatre (1911)\u003cbr\u003eLearning and Other Essays (1911)\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Lloyd Garrison (1913)\u003cbr\u003eHomeric Scenes (verse, 1914)\u003cbr\u003eMemories and Milestones (1915)\u003cbr\u003eDeutschland über Alles (1915)\u003cbr\u003eNotes on Religion (1915)\u003cbr\u003eGreek Genius and Other Essays (1915)\u003cbr\u003eThe Letters of Victor Chapman, with Memoirs (1917)\u003cbr\u003eSongs and Poems (1919)\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Lloyd Garrison (second edition, revised and enlarged, 1921)\u003cbr\u003eGlance toward Shakespeare (1922)\u003cbr\u003eUnbought Spirit : A John Jay Chapman Reader, by John Jay Chapman; Richard Stone (Editor) (Foreword by)Jacques Barzun (1998)\u003cbr\u003eLucian, Plato and Greek Morals (1931)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSummary by wikipedia.org","brand":"Nook Ebook","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152456237296,"sku":"2940012455857","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012455857_p0.jpg?v=1763569243","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012455857","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}