Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Introduction.--Essays: 1. Stephen, L. Wood's halfpence. 2. Masson, D. De Quincey's writings: Classification and review. 3. Johnson, S. The metaphysical poets. 4. Macaulay, T.B. Mr. Robert Montgomery's poems. 5. Bagehot, W. Charles Dickens. 6. Pater, W. Wordsworth. 7. Robertson, J.M. Poe. 8. Dryden, J. Preface to the fables. 9. Harrison, F. Ruskin as a master of prose. 10. Lamb, C. On the tragedies of Shakespeare. 11. James, H. The art of fiction. 12. Poe, E.A. The philosophy of composition. 13. Arnold, M. The study of poetry. 14. Coleridge, S.T. On poetry ad poetic power. 15. Shelley, P.B. A defence of poetry.--Notes and questions on the preceding selections.--List of books referred to in the introduction and the notes. (p. 356-359)