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Day 16 - Harvard Classics - 90 Day Challenge




Mar 1: THE SPECTATOR CLUB

Invented Sir Roger de Coverly

Word pictures are often more vivid than photographs. Steele
had a gift for originating characters that are remembered longer
than flesh and blood people. Sir Roger de Coverly and Will
Honeycomb are now bold figures in literature.

Read: THE SPECTATOR CLUB .....................  Vol. 27, pp. 83-87

Mar 2: Dana's TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST

What Sailors Do on Sunday

"A sailor's liberty is but for a day," as Dana explains. Dressed
in his Sunday best, the sailor feels like a dashing Beau Brummel;
and sets out to enjoy his freedom. "While it lasts it is perfect.
He is under no one's eye and can do whatever he pleases."

Read from Dana's Two YEARS BEFORE THE MAST ...   Vol. 23, pp. 112-119


Mar 3: Walton's LIFE OF GEORGE HERBERT

For Poets and Fishermen

Isaak Walton, famed patron of fishermen, appreciated other
arts and hobbies. He writes of George Herbert, a preacher
whose hobby was poetry.

Read from Walton's LIFE OF GEORGE HERBERT ....  Vol. 15, pp. 373-382


Mar 4: Penn's SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE

Penn—Pioneer, Thinker, and Builder

Penn, true to Quaker beliefs, came before the king with his
hat on. The king overlooked this and later made him governor
of Pennsylvania. A sagacious Penn is revealed in his writings.

Read from Penn's SOME FRUITS OF SOLITUDE .....  Vol. 1, pp. 321-330