The author of Robinson Crusoe.--Stephen Crane.--The dislike of human interest.--Vandover and the brute.--"True to life."--Once upon a time.--Henry James.--Some unpopular parodies.--A national contribution.--An appreciation.--With Walt Whtiman in Camden.--Poetry and criticism.--James Whitcomb Riley.--Bronte poems.--Shelley in his letters.--Shelley's friendships with women.--Arms and industry.--Nonsense about women.
Summary
This volume is a record in the pleasure one reader found in the company of many books expressing truth in what she considered to be two ways: directly, by the words of the authors; and indirectly, but their whole manner of regarding man. She includes essays on her thoughts and analyses of authors like Henry James, Percy B. Shelley and Stephen Crane, among others.