The Collected Essays of Mary Butts (light wear)

The Collected Essays of Mary Butts / ISBN 9781620540329 / 396-page paperback published recently by McPherson & Company [brand new book with some rubbing to the black gloss covers] *** The Collected Essays is the latest addition to an ongoing project to bring almost all of Mary Butts's writings into print, and follows the well-received release of The Complete Stories in 2014. The eleven essays and 117 literary reviews gathered in this new book were mostly written by Butts between 1932 and 1937, the most productive period of her foreshortened literary career. The range, variety, and depth of subjects is little short of remarkable, ranging from classical history and literature to popular fiction (historical, mystery, ghost stories), from modern history (French and English) to Eastern religion, and from the American Depression to gardening. She wrote first for The Bookman, essentially a trade journal, but soon was engaged to write reviews and essays for prominent journals and newspaper