AMONG

FAMOUS BOOKS

BY

JOHN KELMAN, D.D.

HODDER AND STOUGHTON

LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

Printed in 1912


PREFACE

The object of the following lectures is twofold. They were delivered in the first place for the purpose of directing the attention of readers to books whose literary charm and spiritual value have made them conspicuous in the vast literature of England. Such a task, however, tends to be so discursive as to lose all unity, depending absolutely upon the taste of the individual, and the chances of his experience in reading.