Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
First published October 1919 New Impressions November 1919; February 1920
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Edmund Gosse
SOME DIVERSIONS
OF
A MAN OF LETTERS
EDMUND GOSSE, C.B.
CONTENTS
PREFACE:
THE SONGS OF SHAKESPEARE
CATHARINE TROTTER,
TWO PIONEERS OF ROMANTICISM:
THE CENTENARY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE
THE AUTHOR OF "PELHAM"
THE NOVELS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELI
THREE EXPERIMENTS IN PORTRAITURE
THE LYRICAL POETRY OF THOMAS HARDY
SOME SOLDIER POETS
THE AGONY OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
INDEX