Some diversions of a man of letters
"First published October 1919; new impression November 1919." 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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