Table of Contents | |
Section | Page |
Start of eBook | 1 |
CHARLOTTE BRONTE | 1 |
WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS SCHOOL | 4 |
OPTIMISM OF BYRON | 8 |
POPE AND THE ART OF SATIRE | 11 |
FRANCIS | 16 |
ROSTAND | 20 |
CHARLES II | 23 |
STEVENSON[1] | 27 |
FOOTNOTES: | 30 |
THOMAS CARLYLE | 30 |
TOLSTOY AND THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY | 35 |
SAVONAROLA | 41 |
THE POSITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT | 44 |
BRET HARTE | 51 |
ALFRED THE GREAT | 56 |
MAETERLINCK | 59 |
RUSKIN[2] | 61 |
FOOTNOTES: | 63 |
QUEEN VICTORIA | 63 |
THE GERMAN EMPEROR | 66 |
TENNYSON | 69 |
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 72 |