MACAULAY.
The Life of Macaulay [253]
Macaulay's vast popularity [254]
He and Mill, the two masters of the modern journalist [256]
His marked quality [259]
Set his stamp on style [260]
His genius for narration [262]
His copiousness of illustration [264]
Macaulay's, the style of literary knowledge [266]
His use of generous commonplace [267]
Perfect accord with his audience [271]
Dislike of analysis [272]
Not meditative [273]
Macaulay's is the prose of spoken deliverance [276]
Character of his geniality [278]
Metallic hardness and brightness [279]
Compared with Carlyle [281]
Harsh modulations and shallow cadences [283]
Compared with Burke [283]
Or with Southey [285]
Faults of intellectual conscience [286]
Vulgarity of thought [289]
Conclusion [290]