Papers given in contents often differ from those of text Contains book-plate of Francis Pierrepont Barnard The present functions of criticism.--English literature the universities, pt. I-III.--Our literary guides, pt. I-II.--Leg-rolling and education.--Our literary guides, pt. III.--The new criticism.--The gentle art of self-advertisement.--R.L. Stevenson's letters.--Literary iconoclasm. William Dunbar.--A gallop through English literature.--De Quincey and his friends.--Lee's life of Shakespeare.--Shakespeare's Sonnets.--Landscape in poetry.--An appreciation of Francis Turner Plagrave.--Ancient Greek and modern life.--The principles of criticism.--Women in Greek poetry, Mr Stephen Phillips' poems.--The illustrious obscure.--Virgil in English hexameters.--The latest edition of Thomson.--Catullus and Lisbia.--The religion of Shakespeare