The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table : By Oliver Wendell Holmes - Illustrated

How is this book unique? Illustrations includedOriginal & Unabridged EditionOne of the best books to readClassic historical fiction booksExtremely well formattedOliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (August 29 1809 – October 7 1894) was an American polymath based in Boston. A member of the Fireside Poets his peers acclaimed him as one of the best writers of the day. His most famous prose works are the Breakfast-Table series which began with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858). The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858) is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays were originally published in The Atlantic Monthly in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form. The author had written two essays with the same name which were published in the earlier The New-England Magazine in November 1831 and February 1832 which are alluded to in a mention of an interruption at the start of the very first essay.