CONTENTS

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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]