"The following papers have all appeared in the Dial." Incense and iconoclasm.--On style in literature.--The supernatural in literature.--The solidarity of literature.--Some Hindu dramas.--Celtic literature.--Goethe--the old view and the new.--The splendid years of modern literature.--Our pioneer American poet.--A master of maxims.--Arnold and Lowell.--The old New-Englanders and the rest of us.--The two worlds.--The greatest literary form.--On comedy.--The novel and the play.--Originality in literature.--A study in proportion.--Poetic expression.--Literature, music, and morals.--The root ideas of fiction.--The hunger-motive in fiction.--The love-theme in fiction.--The master note in literature.--The analytic method.--On teaching literature.--The educational system of the elder Mr. Weller.--The weather in literature.--The landscape painter.--The nomad in literature.--The architectural background.--The city-builder.--Cabbages and roses.--The intoxication of words.--Pictures and words.--The traditions and the new age.--Modernity in literature and the next movement.--The fight for free raw materials in literature.--The magazine girl