At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays

I paid full price for this book; I only do that for books I really, really want to read.



The truth is that I was disappointed. I don't know why. Partly, I think, it was because the subjects of the essays were not of particular interest to me. But I think it was primarily that the essays felt forced, not written naturally out of love for the subject, but to meet the requirements of completing a book.