Irving Babbitt 
Literature and the American College [PDF ebook] 
Essays in Defense of the Humanities

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Nearly half the matter in this volume has been printed elsewhere. The Rational Study of the Classics, Literature and the College, and On Being Original are reproduced with immaterial changes from the Atlantic Monthly. Two papers in the Nation are combined with a great deal of new material in the essay on Literature and the Doctor’s Degree. Portions of the essays on An cients and Modems and Academic Leisure are taken from two articles in the Harvard Graduates’ Magazine. I wish to thank the publishers of these periodicals for permission to reprint.