This work presents an incredible collection of essays by Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and one of the central figures of 20th-century literature, W.B. Yeats. The pieces here are written in Yeats's pleasant style, and his observations are immensely profound.Content includes:Prophet, Priest and KingPersonality and the Intellectual EssencesThe Musician and the OratorA Banjo PlayerThe Looking-glassThe Tree of LifeThe Praise of Old Wives' TalesThe Play of Modern MannersHas the Drama of Contemporary Life a Root of its OwnWhy the Blind Man in Ancient Times was made a PoetConcerning Saints and ArtistsThe Subject Matter of DramaThe Two Kinds of AsceticismIn the Serpent's MouthThe Black and the White ArrowsHis Mistress's EyebrowsThe Tresses of the HairA Tower on the ApennineThe Thinking of the BodyReligious Belief necessary to symbolic ArtThe Holy Places