Copyright, 1896,
By WOODROW WILSON
All rights reserved.
TO
STOCKTON AXSON
BY EVERY GIFT OF MIND A CRITIC
AND LOVER OF LETTERS
BY EVERY GIFT OF HEART A FRIEND
THIS LITTLE VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY
DEDICATED
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | Mere Literature | [1] |
| II. | The Author Himself | [28] |
| III. | On an Author’s Choice of Company | [50] |
| IV. | A Literary Politician | [69] |
| V. | The Interpreter of English Liberty | [104] |
| VI. | The Truth of the Matter | [161] |
| VII. | A Calendar of Great Americans | [187] |
| VIII. | The Course of American History | [213] |
⁂ All but one of the essays brought together in this volume have already been printed, either in the Atlantic Monthly, the Century Magazine, or the Forum. The essay on Burke appears here for the first time in print.