The Note-Books of Samuel Butler
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Preface by Henry Festing Jones
16:55 -
Biographical Statement
22:06 -
Lord, What is Man?
32:13 -
Elementary Morality
51:05 -
The Germs of Erewhon and of Life and Habit
51:05 -
Memory and Design
22:56 -
Vibrations
19:43 -
Mind and Matter
46:24 -
On the Making of Music, Pictures and Books
48:43 -
Handel and Music, part 1
28:59 -
Handel and Music, part 2
33:27 -
A Painter’s Views on Painting, part 1
21:29 -
A Painter’s Views on Painting, part 2
22:56 -
The Position of a Homo Unius Libri
26:55 -
Cash and Credit
32:47 -
The Enfant Terrible of Literature
36:44 -
Unprofessional Sermons
32:52 -
Higgledy-Piggledy
20:58 -
Titles and Subjects
13:51 -
Written Sketches, part 1
24:59 -
Written Sketches, part 2
27:56 -
Material for a Projected Sequel to Alps and Sanctuaries, part 1
31:24 -
Material for a Projected Sequel to Alps and Sanctuaries, part 2
30:37 -
Material for Erewhon Revisited
22:09 -
Truth and Convenience
26:41 -
First Principles, part 1
27:29 -
First Principles, part 2
27:29 -
Rebelliousness
31:19 -
Reconciliation
16:09 -
Death
14:23 -
The Life of the World to Come, part 1
29:38 -
The Life of the World to Come, part 2
23:21 -
Poems
41:01
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A debate about translating the Odyssey sits beside observations on sculpture, prose style and the fallibility of critics in Samuel Butler's collected notes. Published in 1912, the volume contains selections arranged and edited by Henry Festing Jones. Its short entries range across literature, philosophy, music, painting and ordinary incidents, giving readers a view of Butler's opinions without requiring a continuous narrative.
The discussion of translation shows how personal those opinions can be. Butler argues for carrying an author's spirit into a new language, and challenges assumptions about who composed the Odyssey. Elsewhere, a sculptor's confused account of an English monument becomes an occasion to consider mistakes and the evidence needed to correct them. Readers interested in literary criticism or the working habits of a writer will find compact arguments, recollections and observations suited to reading a few at a time.
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