History as Literature and Other Essays

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. First Edition, First Printing [Verso states Published September 1913]. Hardcover. Good. [10], 310 pages. Cover has some wear and soiling. The Preface states: "In this volume I have gathered certain addresses I made before the American Historical Association, the University of Oxford, the University of Berlin, and the Sorbonne at Paris, together with six essays I wrote for The Outlook, and one that I wrote for The Century. In these addresses and essays I have discussed not merely literary but also historical and scientific subjects, for my thesis is that the domain of literature must be ever more widely extended over the domains of history and science.... Theodore Roosevelt". Citizenship in a Republic is included--which includes the famous "in the arena" passage. The contents include: History as Literature, Biological Analogies in History, The World Movement, Citizenship in a Republic, The Thraldom of Names, Productive Scholarship, The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit, The Ancient Irish Sagas, and An Art Exhibition. Three of these chapters also appears in African and European Addresses. This has been determined to be a First Edition on the basis that Scribner's first editions printed through 1929 either have the same date on the title page and the copyright page or have no additional printings indicated on the copyright page. This copy has the date of 1913 on the title page, the copyright date of 1913 on the verso, and the statement "Published September, 1913" below the copyright information. Theodore Roosevelt is one of the lions of American history. As a patriot, a president, a military man, an outdoorsman, and a thinker, he excelled. Here he shares his thoughts on a range of subjects and demonstrates erudite thinking on all matters. It is not often that we have such a well-versed president. His thesis on matters such as literature and history are grounded in human experience since ancient times, and he recognizes modern changes.