The Odyssey.--Alciphron.--Milton.--The lyrics of Tennyson.--Longfellow.--Poe as a story-writer.--Hawthorne and "The scarlet letter".--Emerson.--Thackeray and "Vanity fair".--Anthony Trollope.--Émile Zola.--Tolstoi's "Anna Karénina".--Alphonse Daudet's masterpiece.--The detective story.--The psychology of the printed page.
Summary
This 1909 volume offers the prominent scholar's essays on the works of various authors and poets, including Anthony Trollope and Tennyson.