CONTENTS
[BOOK III.—THE CLASSIC AGE]
[(Continued)]
[CHAPTER SEVENTH]
[The Poets]
[Section I.—The Domination of the Classical Spirit] 3
[Section II.—Alexander Pope.—His Education and Mode of Life] 5
[Section III.—Eloisa to Abelard.—The Rape of the Lock.—The Dunciad] 10
[Section IV.—Pope's Descriptive Talent.—His Didactic Poems] 19
[Section V.—The Poets Prior, Gay, and Thomson] 28
[Section VI.—The Beginnings of the Modern Age] 34
[BOOK IV.—MODERN LIFE]
[CHAPTER FIRST]
[Ideas and Productions]
[Section I.—Rise of Democracy] 43
[Section II.—Robert Burns] 48
[Section III.—Conservative rule in England.—Cowper's Poetry] 65
[Section IV.—The Romantic School] 72
[Section V.—Philosophy Enters into Literature.—Wordsworth.—Shelley] 87
[CHAPTER SECOND]
[Lord Byron]
[Section I.—His Life and Character] 102
[Section II.—The Style of Byron's Poetry] 110
[Section III.—Byron's Short Poems] 117
[Section IV.—Manfred] 125
[Section V.—What Byron's Contemporaries Thought of Him.—His Morals] 134
[Section VI.—The Malady of the Age] 148
[CHAPTER THIRD]
[The Past and Present]
[Part I.—The Past]
[Section I.—The Saxon Invasion—The Norman Conquest] 151
[Section II.—Formative Periods] 153
[Section III.—The Broadening of Ideas] 157
[Part II.—The Present]
[Section I.—Effects of the Saxon Invasion and the Norman Conquest] 159
[Section II.—English Commerce and Industry] 165
[Section III.—Agriculture] 170
[Section IV.—English Society.—Philosophy.—Religion] 175
[Section V.—What Forces Have Produced the Present Civilization] 180
[BOOK V.—MODERN AUTHORS]
[CHAPTER FIRST]
[Part I.—The Author]
[Section I.—Importance of the Imaginative Faculty] 189
[Section II.—Boldness of Dickens's Imagination] 189
[Section III.—His Trivialities.—His Minuteness] 197
[Section IV.—His Emotions.—His Pathos.—His Humor] 200
[Part II.—The Public]
[Section I.—The Morality of English Novels] 206
[Part III.—The Characters]
[Section I.—Dickens's Love for Natural Characters] 212
[Section II.—The Hypocrite.—The Positive Man.—The Proud Man] 213
[Section III.—Children] 218
[Section IV.—The Ideal Man] 221
[CHAPTER SECOND]
[The Novel (Continued)—Thackeray]
[Comparison between Dickens and Thackeray] 223
[Part I.—The Satirist]
[Section I.—The English Satirist] 224
[Section II.—The English Temperament] 229
[Section III.—Superiority of Thackeray as a Satirist.—Literary Snobs] 231
[Section IV.—Resemblance of Thackeray to Swift] 237
[Section V.—Thackeray's Misanthropy] 239
[Section VI.—His Characters] 241
[Part II.—The Artist]
[Section I.—The Art of Thackeray] 251
[Section II.—Portrait of Henry Esmond.—Historical Talent] 258
[Section III.—Literature the Definition of Man] 265
[CHAPTER THIRD]
[Criticism and History—Macaulay]
[Section I.—His Position in England] 267
[Section II.—Essays] 268
[Section III.—His Critical Method] 271
[Section IV.—His Love of Political Liberty] 275
[Section V.—Characteristics of Macaulay's Style] 278
[Section VI.—His Rudeness and Humor] 287
[Section VII.—Estimate of Macaulay's Work] 292
[Section VIII.—Comparison of Macaulay with French Historians] 305
[CHAPTER FOURTH]
[Philosophy and History—Carlyle]
[Part I.—Style and Mind]
[Section I.—Carlyle's Obscurity and Crudeness] 308
[Section II.—The Humor of Carlyle] 312
[Section III.—Perception of the Real and the Sublime] 319
[Section IV.—His Passion for Actuality] 319
[Section V.—His Mode of Thought] 324
[Part II.—Vocation]
[Section I.—The Appearance and Development of Original Minds] 328
[Section II.—Characteristics of the German Form of Mind] 329
[Section III.—German Aptitude for General Ideas] 331
[Section IV.—Faults of the German Form of Thought] 332
[Section V.—How Ideas are Reshaped] 333
[Section VI.—Growth of German Ideas in England] 334
[Part III.—Philosophy, Morality, and Criticism]
[Section I.—Carlyle's Metaphysics] 336
[Section II.—His Transposition of German Metaphysics into English Puritanism] 339
[Section III.—Conception of God and Duty] 340
[Section IV.—Conception of Christianity] 341
[Section V.—Carlyle's Criticism] 344
[Section VI.—The Future of Criticism] 347
[Part IV.—Conception of History]
[Section I.—Great Men] 348
[Section II.—Wherein Carlyle is Original] 349
[Section III.—In what Genuine History Consists] 350
[Section IV.—Carlyle's History of Cromwell] 351
[Section V.—His History of the French Revolution] 354
[Section VI.—His Opinion of Modern England] 356
[Section VII.—The Dangers of Enthusiasm.—Comparison of Carlyle and Macaulay] 358
[CHAPTER FIFTH]
[Philosophy—Stuart Mill]
[Section I.—Lack of General Ideas] 360
[Section II.—Why Metaphysics are Lacking] 361
[Section III.—Mill's Philosophical Method] 362
[Part I.—Experience]
[Section I—The Object of Logic] 364
[Section II.—Discussion of Ideas] 365
[Section III.—The Two Corner-stones of Logic] 368
[Section IV.—Theory of Definitions] 369
[Section V.—Theory of Proof] 372
[Section VI.—Theory of Axioms] 375
[Section VII.—Theory of Induction] 378
[Section VIII.—Applications of the Theory of Induction] 383
[Section IX.—The Province and Method of Deduction] 387
[Section X.—Comparison of the Methods of Induction and Deduction] 388
[Section XI.—Limits of Our Knowledge] 390
[Part II.—Abstraction]
[Section I.—Agreement of this Philosophy with the English Mind] 394
[Section II.—The Nature of Abstraction] 395
[Section III.—Definitions Explain the Abstract Generating Elements of Things] 397
[Section IV.—The Basis of Proof in Syllogism is an Abstract Law] 399
[Section V.—Axioms are Relations between Abstract Truths] 400
[Section VI.—The Methods of Induction] 402
[Section VII.—Experience and Abstraction] 403
[Section VIII.—Idea and Limits of Metaphysics] 405
[Section IX.—A Morning in Oxford] 408
[CHAPTER SIXTH]
[Poetry—Tennyson]
[Section I.—His Talent and Work] 410
[Section II.—Portraits of Women] 411
[Section III.—Wherein Tennyson is at One with Nature] 414
[Section IV.—In Memoriam.—The Princess] 419
[Section V.—The Idylls of the King] 425
[Section VI.—Comparison of English and French Society] 430