A Commentary (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>This 1908 collection of short sketches and essays contains pieces on everything from the everyday to the philosophical, including: "The Lost Dog," "Demos," "Old Age," "The Careful Man," "Fear," "Fashion," "Sport," "Money," "Progress," "Holiday," "Facts," "Power," "The House of Silence," "Order," "The Mother," "Comfort," "A Child," "Justice," "Hope," and the title essay.</p></div>

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<div><div><b>John Galsworthy</b> (1867-1933) was an English writer and dramatist.&#xa0; He is best known for his ambitious series of novels<i>The Forsyte Saga</i> (1906-1922), which focuses on the fortune of a family over time, and aims to illuminate the social and economic changes occurring throughout England.&#xa0; He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.</div></div>

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