Matthew Arnold - 13 Book Collection: Letters of Matthew Arnold 1848-1888; Culture & Anarchy; Essays in Criticism - 1st, 2nd, 3rd Series; God and the Bible; Discourses in America; Mixed Essays, Irish Essays and Others; St. Paul & Protestantism; Literature & Dogma; The Light of Asia; Matthew Arnold - A Study in Conflict Matthew Arnold

This is a collection of 12 books by - and one book about - MATTHEW ARNOLD. The collection had been owned by professor Chilson H. Leonard, Instructor in English at Phillips Exeter Academy from 1932-1967. Leonard had corresponded with prominent writers of the day such as Willa Cather and Kenneth Roberts. A signed, handwritten letter by him has been tipped in at the front of one of the volumes. The books remain in overall Good condition (please see the detailed condition summary), though most do contain many of Leonard's notations, markings, underlines, etc. There are 13 books in all, as follows: * Letters of Matthew Arnold 1848-1888 (1896, Macmillan, New York) * On the Study of Celtic Literature and on Translating Homer (1902, Macmillan, New York) * Culture & Anarchy - An Essay in Political and Social Criticism and Friendship's Garland (1902, Macmillan, New York) * Essays in Criticism - First Series (1903, Macmillan, London) * Essays in Criticism - Second Series (1903, Macmillan, London) * Essays in Criticism - Third Series (1910, Ball Publishing, Boston) * God and The Bible - A Review of Objections to 'Literature & Dogma' (1903, Macmillan, New York) * Discourses in America (1906, Macmillan, New York) * Mixed Essays, Irish Essays, and Others (1908, Macmillan, New York) * St. Paul & Protestantism with an Essay on Puritanism & the Church of England and Last Essays on Church & Religion (1908, Macmillan, New York) * Literature & Dogma - An Essay Towards a Better Apprehension of the Bible (1908, Macmillan, New York) * The Light of Asia, or The Great Renunciation (undated - circa 1910's, A.L. Burt Company, New York) * Matthew Arnold - A Study in Conflict by E.K. Brown (1948, The University of Chicago Press) Condition: Overall the collection is in Good- condition. The books have been used/read and have pen & pencil underlines, notations, and markings. God and The Bible has a small cloth tear at the bottom of the spine. Mixed Essays has blue ink stains at the outer edge of pages 397-469. Letters has cracks at the front and rear hinges resulting in the covers being a bit shaky; a partially removed bookplate is affixed on the front pastedown; a personal library that has been blacked-out is affixed at the bottom of the spine. A neatly written inscription has been tipped in at the front of Essays in Criticism - Third Series.