Preface: On fluctuations of taste -- The shepherd of the ocean -- The songs of Shakespeare -- Catharine Trotter, the precursor of the bluestockings -- The message of the Wartons -- The charm of Sterne -- The centenary of Edgar Allan Poe -- The author of "Pelham" -- The challenge of the Brontës -- Disraeli's novels -- Three experiments in portraiture: Lady Dorothy Nevill; Lord Cromer; The last days of Lord Redesdale -- The lyrical poetry of Thomas Hardy -- Some soldier poets -- The future of English poetry -- The agony of the Victorian age -- Index.

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