IC-NRLFr.;,,.:;:>MODERNfTfflHjnff?TAMERICANPROSESELECTIONSBYRONJ.REESGIFTOFA.VjLMODERNAMERICANPROSESELECTIONSEDITEDBYBYRONJOHNSONREESPROFESSOROFENGLISHATWILLIAMSCOLLEGENEWYORKHARCOURT,BRACEANDHOWE1920COPYRIGHT,1920,BYHARCOURT,BRACEANDHOWE,INC,SSTHEPtIMPTONPKENORWOOD-MASS-U.SA.CONTENTSPAGEPREFACEviiACKNOWLEDGMENTSxiAbrahamLincolnTheodoreRoosevelt..3AmericanTradition....FranklinK.Lane...8AmericasHeritage....FranklinK.Lane...17AddressattheCollegeoftheHolyCrossCalvinCoolidge...25OurFutureImmigrationPolicy.FredericC.Howe...31ANewRelationshipbetweenCapitalandLaborJohnD.Rockefeller,Jr..42MyUncleAlvinJohnson...,48WhenaManComestoHimself.WoodrowWilson...53EducationthroughOccupations.WilliamLoweBryan..68TheFallowJohnAgricola....81WritingandReading....JohnMatthewsManlyandEdithRickert...87JamesRussellLowell...BlissPerry94TheEducationofHenryAdams.CarlBecker109TheStruggleforanEducation.BookerT.Washington.119EnteringJournalism....JacobA.Riis....128BoundCoastwiseRalphD.Paine...135TheDemocratizationoftheAutomobileBurtonJ.Hendrick..145TravelingAfootJohnFinley157OldBoatsWalterPrichardEaton.165ZeppelinitisPhilipLittell....1774C4068TOE.,C.,ANDH.STUDENTSANDFRIENDSPREFACEAsthereader,ifhewishes,maydiscoverwithoutunduedelay,thelittlevolumeofmodernproseselectionsthathehasbeforehimistheresultofnoambitiousorpretentiousdesign.ItisnotacollectionofthebestthingsthathavelatelybeenknownandthoughtintheAmericanworld;itisnotananthologyinwhich"allourbestauthors"arerepresentedbystrikingorcelebratedpassages.Theeditorplannednothingeithersopreciousorsoeclectic.Hispurposeratherwastobringtogethersometwentyexamplesoftypicalcontemporaryprose,inwhichwriterswhoknowwhereoftheywritediscusscertainpresent-daythemesinreadablefashion.Inchoosingmaterialhehassoughttoincludenothingmerelybecauseofthenameoftheauthor,andhehasdemandedofeachselectionthatitshouldbeofsuchacharacter,bothinsubjectandstyle,