Prosaic Musings: NU Anthology of prose, short stories and developing writing skills / A.J. Sebastian sdb, Nigamananda Das, Jano S. Liegise, Lemtila Alinger.

1. Job hunting; 2. Albert Schweitzer; 3. Shooting an Elephant; 4. The first atom bomb; 5. The best years of life; 6. The religion of the future; 7. Visit to the pagodas; 8. A village cricket match; 9. Management speaks to the graduate; 10. Banking without blarney; 11. A social role for business; 12. A daily newspaper; 13. The balance sheet of robinson crusoe; 14. This modern world; 15. A talk on advertising; 16. The stock exchange welcomes you as a visitor; 17. Company report; 18. Making a contract; 19. Money and the englishman;20. The methods of scientific investigstion; 21. Nature; 22. The verger; 23. The lion's skin; 24. The doll's house; 25. The 1,000,000 bank-note; 26. The imp and the peasant's bread; 27. The gift of the magi; 28. The last leaf; 29. The thief; 30. Marriage is a private affair; 31. A case of identity; 32. The bet; 33. Preface to the lyrical ballads; 34. Function of criticism at the present time; 35. The function of criticism; 36. The language of paradox; 37. Keats; 38. Post-colonial reconstructions: Literature, meaning, value; 39. Language skills/composition; 40. Scholarly style of writing; 41. Asssignment writing: assignment/terms papers; 42. Making/taking notes; 43. Working bibliography; 44. Footnotes/end notes;45. How to write a CV (Curriculum Vitae) or resume; 46. Paragraph writing; 47. Journalistic report writing; 48. Literary essay writing; 49. Dialogue writing; 50. Book review; 51. Copy editing; 52. Feature writing.

Prosaic Musings has been compiled with the purpose of providing the undergraduate students of the Nagaland University with a text book.This anthology is meant to expose them to the world of English Literature and Language. The prose and short stories included in this book have been selected from different milieu: African, American, British, European and Indian. Through such cross-cultural writings it is expected that students will learn to appreciate nuances of the language as evolved in various literary contexts. The section on writing skills is designed to help students use the English language effectively. Glossary, notes, bibliographical sketches on authors and sample question paper make Prosaic Musings a handy book for students.