Companionable Books
BY HENRY VAN DYKE
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
JOHN KEATS.
Painted by Joseph Severn.
From a photograph, copyright by Hollyer, London.
COMPANIONABLE BOOKS
BY HENRY VAN DYKE
“What is this reading, which I must learn,” asked Adam, “and what is it like?”
Henry Van Dyke
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COMPANIONABLE BOOKS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
POETRY IN THE PSALMS
I
II
III
IV
THE GOOD ENCHANTMENT OF CHARLES DICKENS
I
II
III
THACKERAY AND REAL MEN
I
II
III
GEORGE ELIOT AND REAL WOMEN
THE POET OF IMMORTAL YOUTH
I
II
III
IV
V
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
A QUAINT COMRADE BY QUIET STREAMS
A STURDY BELIEVER
A PURITAN PLUS POETRY
I
II
AN ADVENTURER IN A VELVET JACKET
I
II
III
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