R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment too? Pope.

LONDON

1914

CONTENTS

PREFACE
OF CRITICISM AND THE CRITIC
THE EDINBURGH REVIEW: EDITOR'S NOTE

From The Edinburgh Review (founded 1802)

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