| MORE OR LESS ANCIENT | ||
| PAGE | ||
| I.— | Herrick | 3 |
| II.— | Victor Hugo | 12 |
| III.— | Molière | 22 |
| IV.— | Edmund Burke | 30 |
| V.— | Keats | 41 |
| VI.— | Charles Lamb | 61 |
| VII.— | Byron Once More | 68 |
| VIII.— | Shelley | 76 |
| IX.— | Plutarch’s Anecdotes | 84 |
| X.— | Hans Andersen | 93 |
| XI.— | John Clare | 104 |
| XII.— | Historians as Entertainers | 114 |
| XIII.— | A Wordsworth Discovery | 122 |
| XIV.— | The Poetry of Poe | 131 |
| XV.— | Hawthorne | 140 |
| XVI.— | Jonah in Lancashire | 149 |
| INTERLUDE | ||
| The Cult of Dullness | 159 | |
| MORE OR LESS MODERN | ||
| I.— | Mr. Max Beerbohm | 171 |
| II.— | Mr. Arnold Bennett Confesses | 188 |
| III.— | Mr. Conrad at Home | 196 |
| IV.— | Mr. Wells and the World | 206 |
| V.— | Mr. Clutton-Brock | 214 |
| VI.— | Henley the Vainglorious | 222 |
| VII.— | Lord Rosebery | 230 |
| VIII.— | Mr. Vachel Lindsay | 237 |
| IX.— | Mr. Punch Takes the Wrong Turning | 244 |
| X.— | Mr. H. M. Tomlinson | 252 |
| XI.— | The Alleged Hopelessness of Tchehov | 260 |
| XII.— | Nietzsche: A Note | 268 |
| XIII.— | Mr. T. S. Eliot as Critic | 277 |
| XIV.— | Mr. Norman Douglas’s Dislikes | 285 |
| XV.— | M. Andre Gide Makes a Joke | 293 |
| FINALE | ||
| The Critic | 305 | |