Causerie

Causerie, a name applied to a somewhat short and informal essay on any subject in a newspaper or magazine. More familiar in manner and slighter in structure than the formal essay as usually understood, it is an excellent medium for a writer whose personality interests the reader as much as the value of his thoughts. The name owes its literary currency mainly to the famous Causeries du Lundi of Sainte-Beuve; hardly less valuable examples were many of Matthew Arnold's occasional essays.