CONTENTS

I. SHAKESPEARE

II. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

III. SOME MODERN POETS

IV. SOME MORE MODERN POETS

V. THE MODERN NOVEL

VI. MODERN DRAMA

VII. SAMUEL BUTLER

VIII. RICHARD MIDDLETON

ERRATA

Page 61, line 23, for "Phillips" read " Philipps."
90, 25, substitute a comma for a full stop.
91, 19, substitute a comma for a full stop.
20, for "likewise" read "like wine."
92, 21, insert "me" after "sign."

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92, 23, after "grace" substitute a comma for a full

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stop.

,, 144, line 17, for "Rothinstein" read "Rothenstein."

278, 21, for "great" read “greet.”

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I desire to thank the editors of "The Nineteenth Century," "The Fortnightly Review," "The Journal of Education" and "The Parents' Review," for permission to reprint here six of the following essays. The remainder are now published for the first time.