| His criticism of Chateaubriand and Hugo | [593] |
| His general quality | [593] |
| Amiel: great interest of his critical impressions | [594] |
| Examples thereof | [595] |
| The pity of it | [597] |
CONCLUSION.
| § I. THE PRESENT STATE OF CRITICISM | [603] |
| § II. THE CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE MATTER | [610] |
APPENDIX I.
THE OXFORD CHAIR OF POETRY.
| The holders | [615] |
| Eighteenth-century minors | [616] |
| Lowth | [617] |
| Hurdis | [617] |
| The rally: Copleston | [618] |
| Conybeare | [620] |
| Milman | [620] |
| Keble | [621] |
| The Occasional [English] Papers | [622] |
| The Prælections | [622] |
| Garbett | [625] |
| Claughton | [626] |
| Doyle | [626] |
| Shairp | [627] |
| Palgrave | [628] |
| Salutantur vivi | [629] |
APPENDIX II.
AMERICAN CRITICISM.
| An attempt in outline only | [630] |
| Its difficulties | [631] |
| The early stages | [631] |
| The origins and pioneers | [632] |
| Ticknor | [632] |
| Longfellow | [633] |
| Emerson | [633] |
| Poe | [634] |
| Lowell: his general position | [636] |
| Among my Books | [637] |
| My Study Windows | [637] |