CONTENTS.

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PAPER-KNIFE PLEASURES [1]
RUSKIN AS POET [10]
ELECTIONS IN LITERATURE [19]
FAMILIAR VERSE [28]
SHAKESPEARE’S ENGLAND [36]
HEREDITY IN SONG [44]
STINGS FOR THE STINGY [51]
DIALOGUES OF THE DEAD [59]
SERMONS IN FLOWERS [66]
‘DON QUIXOTE’ IN ENGLAND [74]
BEDSIDE BOOKS [83]
THEIR MUCH SPEAKING [91]
PEERS AND POETRY [99]
THE PRAISE OF THAMES [107]
ENGLISH EPIGRAPHS [114]
THE ‘SEASON’ IN SONG [123]
THE ‘RECESS’ IN RHYME [131]
JAQUES IN LOVE [139]
MOCKING AT MATRIMONY [148]
PARSON POETS [156]
THE OUTSIDES OF BOOKS [164]
THE NOT IMPOSSIBLE SHE [172]
NONSENSE VERSES [180]
SINGLE-SPEECH HAMILTONS [188]
DRAMATIC NOMENCLATURE [196]
PUNS AND PATRONYMICS [203]
‘YOURS TRULY’ [209]
POSTSCRIPTS [217]

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