Agnes Repplier

Agnes Repplier

Agnes Repplier (April 1 1855–November 15 1950) was an American essayist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her essays are esteemed for their scholarship and wit.

Bibliography

Essay collections

*"Books and Men" (1888)
*"Points of View" (1891)
*"Essays in Miniature" (1892)
*"Essays in Idleness" (1893)
*"In the Dozy Hours" (1894)
*"Varia" (1897)
*"Philadelphia: The Place and the People" (1898)
*"The Fireside Sphinx" (1901)
*"Compromises" (1904)
*"In Our Convent Days" (1905)
*"A Happy Half Century" (1908)
*"Americans and Others" (1912)
*"The Cat" (1912)
*"Counter Currents" (1915)
*"Points of Friction" (1920)
*"Under Dispute" (1924)
*"To Think of Tea!" (1931)
*"Times and Tendencies" (1931)
*"In Pursuit of Laughter" (1936)
*"Eight Decades" (1937)

Biographical studies

*"J. William White, M.D.; a Biography" (1919)
*"Life of Pere Marquette" (1929) (Jacques Marquette)
*"Mere Marie of the Ursulines" (1931) (Marie de l'Incarnation)
*"Junipero Serra" (1933)
*"Agnes Irwin" (1934)

Misc.

*"In Pursuit of Laughter" (1936), a historical study of types of humor.

External links

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** Gutenberg|no=16722|name=Americans and Others
* [http://essays.quotidiana.org/repplier/ Essays by Agnes Repplier at Quotidiana.org]
* [http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/mss/repplier/repplierbio.html Repplier Biography] at the University of Pennsylvania
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9422271 Agnes Repplier] at Find-A-Grave


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