[982]. Printed by Mr Gosse (London, 1896) privately: but I believe it has been included in the complete edition.
[983]. I have always wondered what made him think that I personally prefer plain to ornate prose. The contrary, if it were of any moment, happens to be the case, though I own I think, as even De Quincey thought, that the ornate styles are not styles of all work.
[984]. Nor do I think the “Postscript” of Appreciations, where the writer “Arnoldises” somewhat, one of his best things, good as it is.
[985]. Especially in his numerous volumes of Essays and Studies, under various names.
[986]. London, 1895.
[987]. A “pair” for Mr Symonds from the other University might be found in the late Mr Frederick Myers, who, with more philosophical and less artistic tendency, exhibited an equally flamboyant style.
[988]. Its chief monuments or repertories are Essays and Phantasies (London, 1881) and Poems, Essays, and Fragments (London, 1892).
[989]. On men like Shelley and Blake, of course, Thomson was free from most of his “Satans”: and he speaks well on them.
[990]. His Defoe, in the English Men of Letters Series, is not to be overlooked.
[991]. Manual of English Prose Literature (Edinburgh, 1872); Characteristics of English Poets, from Chaucer to Shirley (Edinburgh, 1874).