First collected edition. The essays had all appeared earlier in North American review
Original document: Book.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Contents
Dryden -- Witchcraft -- Shakespeare once more -- New England two centuries ago -- Lessing -- Rousseau and the sentimentalists
Summary
This collection of writings by James Russell Lowell includes a critical analysis of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's philosophical ideas with respect to numerous other authors' criticisms.