| [MORE OR LESS ANCIENT] |
| | PAGE |
| I.— | Herrick | [3] |
| II.— | Victor Hugo | [12] |
| III.— | Molière | [22] |
| IV.— | Edmund Burke | [30] |
| V.— | Keats | [41] |
| VI.— | Charles Lamb | [61] |
| VII.— | Byron Once More | [68] |
| VIII.— | Shelley | [76] |
| IX.— | Plutarch’s Anecdotes | [84] |
| X.— | Hans Andersen | [93] |
| XI.— | John Clare | [104] |
| XII.— | Historians as Entertainers | [114] |
| XIII.— | A Wordsworth Discovery | [122] |
| XIV.— | The Poetry of Poe | [131] |
| XV.— | Hawthorne | [140] |
| XVI.— | Jonah in Lancashire | [149] |
| [INTERLUDE] |
| The Cult of Dullness | [159] |
| [MORE OR LESS MODERN] |
| I.— | Mr. Max Beerbohm | [171] |
| II.— | Mr. Arnold Bennett Confesses | [188] |
| III.— | Mr. Conrad at Home | [196] |
| IV.— | Mr. Wells and the World | [206] |
| V.— | Mr. Clutton-Brock | [214] |
| VI.— | Henley the Vainglorious | [222] |
| VII.— | Lord Rosebery | [230] |
| VIII.— | Mr. Vachel Lindsay | [237] |
| IX.— | Mr. Punch Takes the Wrong Turning | [244] |
| X.— | Mr. H. M. Tomlinson | [252] |
| XI.— | The Alleged Hopelessness of Tchehov | [260] |
| XII.— | Nietzsche: A Note | [268] |
| XIII.— | Mr. T. S. Eliot as Critic | [277] |
| XIV.— | Mr. Norman Douglas’s Dislikes | [285] |
| XV.— | M. Andre Gide Makes a Joke | [293] |
| [FINALE] |
| The Critic | [305] |