About the Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was a physician by profession but achieved fame as a writer; he was one of the best regarded American poets of the 19th century.
Although mainly known as a poet, Holmes wrote numerous medical treatises, essays, novels, memoirs and table-talk books.
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The Autocrat Of The Breakfast-Table, The Professor At The Breakfast- Table; The Poet At The Breakfast-Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
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Hardback, by Kessinger Publishing
ISBN10: 0548191417 | ISBN13: 9780548191415
Excerpt from The "Breakfast-Table" Series: The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table; The Professor at the Breakfast-Table; The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
Dr. Oliver wendell holmes is essentially what is termed He is one of the funniest fellows to be found, perhaps, in his native town Of Boston and his native state Of Massachusetts, which is saying a good deal; for in that grim, starched, intolerant, Puritanical country called New England a good deal more fun than you are aware of may be found, by those who seek for it, slyly lurking. A well-to-do, well-reputed, easy-going physician, Dr. Holmes has been for a long time, I take it, exempt from the cares of an actually bread-winning literary life, and can know but.
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