pt. 1. Criticism and fiction -- pt. 2. European masters -- pt. 3. American writers -- pt. 4. Further critical issues.
European masters : Dickens and Thackeray -- Bjornstjerne Bjornson -- Ivan Turgenev -- Giovanni Verga -- Armando Palacio Valdes -- Benito Perez Galdos -- Henrik Ibsen -- Thomas Hardy -- Emile Zola -- Leo Tolstoy -- American writers : Howells and the Atlantic -- John William De Forest -- Mark Twain -- EdwardEggleston -- Henry James -- John Hay -- Edward Bellamy -- HamlinGarland -- Stephen Crane -- Frank Norris.
