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Vol. III. No. 2 
MANCHESTER, MASS., SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1906 
Three Cents 
ENGLISH ESSAYISTS 
By D. F. LAMSON 
The Essay, as distinct from the 
Narrative and Dissertation, occupies 
an important place in English litera- 
ture. It is properly, as its name 
implies, a comparatively brief produc- 
tion with a certain lightness of touch 
as a form of literary art. Bacon’s 
essays are too learned and formal 
rightly to deserve the name. Sir Philip 
Sidney among Elizabethan writers 
came nearer achieving success in this 
particular department of literature. 
But to Dryden (1631-1700) has been 
given the praise of being the first who 
used the lauguage in the essay form. 
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING 
Called for Next Monday Evening to Take 
Action on Moth Pest, to Hear Report of 
Committee on Town Hall Rental Rates, etc. 
A special town meeting has been 
called in Manchester for next Monday 
evening, Jan. 15, at 7.30 o’clock, to 
take action with reference to the 
THE SOROSIS ANNEX, HOME OF UNIQUE CLUB IN LYNN 
Recently opened by Sorosis Shoe concern for its Women Employees (see page 20) 
and simplicity and unity of treatment. 
It has been defined as a “written pro- 
duction less formal and extended than 
a treatise.” 
“The 18th century is remarkable for 
the rise and development of the essay 
Not generally a writer of great height 
or depth, he is one of breadth and 
force, and master of an easy, mascu- 
line style. Dryden was followed by 
others in quick succession, some of 
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brown-tail and gypsy moth pests, and 
to appropriate money for the same, 
and also to see if the unexpended 
balance of certain appropriations in 
the street department can be trans- 
ferred to the appropriation for. the 
