Essays / Random Wanderings of Mind and Body (formerly Lost Essays)

Find out what D.S. Savage thought about Hemingway in his 1950 collection of criticism - The Withered Branch 

Revisit Crothers' essay exploring the difficulty of becoming a unique person in a society that limits the individual's interest. 

What is the objective of reading unless something definite comes of it?

Is the American Southwest Edward Abbey's land? Lawrence Clark Powell might disagree with his extensive study of those who embraced the area decades and centuries before Abbey. 

Let's get judgemental here. 

Joan Didion is a complex writer who created easily readable text. If you enjoy essays and period pieces check out her writing. 

Daniel Defoe's -  "The Instability of Human Glory". A lesser known essay from the guy that wrote Robinson Crusoe. Enjoy 

A timeless examination of how to be heard. 

Sir Francis Bacon's thoughts about wealth. 

Let's see what Woodrow Wilson plans to do about the hustle and bustle of 1912.

What would Teddy think about the "Strenuous Life" of 2022? 

While not an essay - Nikolai Gogol's protagonist in Diary of a Madman transcends time and can teach many lessons today - so while it is almost just flash fiction - it, in my opinion, has some essay qualities. Enjoy. 

Bangs thinks books are medicine - some think books are poison. 

Robert Louis Stevenson wants you to cut class - listen to his support of truancy. 

Is reading expensive? A luxury reserved only for the few? Find out on Lost Essays. 

Let us exist for a moment with a young Albert Halper in his first writing environment. 

Check out this interesting look at doors. 

Let us join E.B. White while he attempts to clean house. 

First appearing in Atlantic Monthly - Helen Keller creates an emotionally moving piece of prose. 

Join Lost Essays as we discover author Charles S. Brooks and visit his essay - Serious Stupid Persons.