As We Were Saying

"As We Were Saying" by Charles Dudley Warner is a compilation of essays from the late 1800s, that focuses on society's changes. Warner looks at things like social problems, fashion, and how men and women were changing. He talks about how society can be fake and how the world is always changing. Using flowers as a symbol, he compares the simple beauty of the rose to the showy chrysanthemum, questioning whether modern life and its focus on appearances leads to a loss of what truly matters and what is real.