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C. E. Montague · A Writer's Notes on His Trade

As Big as They Are

New at IWP Books: C. E. Montague, 1930, A Writer's Notes on His Trade. “In the innocence of second childhood Mr. Justice Shallow said to Ancient Pistol: ‘If, sir, you come with news from the court, I take it there’s but two ways -- either to…
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C. E. Montague · A Writer's Notes on His Trade

No Immediate Danger

New at IWP Books: C. E. Montague, 1930, A Writer's Notes on His Trade. “The most rousing preacher in Oxford, a generation ago, was Benjamin…

Alfred Sidgwick · The Process of Argument

All Purposes at Once

From Alfred Sidgwick's The Process of Argument. "If two things or events are essentially alike, that means that their difference may be neglected; and if…

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