| Table of Contents | |
| Section | Page |
| Start of eBook | 1 |
| CHARLOTTE BRONTE | 1 |
| WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS SCHOOL | 4 |
| OPTIMISM OF BYRON | 8 |
| POPE AND THE ART OF SATIRE | 11 |
| FRANCIS | 16 |
| ROSTAND | 20 |
| CHARLES II | 23 |
| STEVENSON[1] | 27 |
| FOOTNOTES: | 30 |
| THOMAS CARLYLE | 30 |
| TOLSTOY AND THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY | 35 |
| SAVONAROLA | 41 |
| THE POSITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT | 44 |
| BRET HARTE | 51 |
| ALFRED THE GREAT | 56 |
| MAETERLINCK | 59 |
| RUSKIN[2] | 61 |
| FOOTNOTES: | 63 |
| QUEEN VICTORIA | 63 |
| THE GERMAN EMPEROR | 66 |
| TENNYSON | 69 |
| ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING | 72 |

