Essays in retrospect: collected articles and addresses

Courteous reader.

The great diarist, and some others.

Samuel Johnson: Literary monarch. The unaccountable companion.

Joel Barlow's Vision of Columbus.

Shelley once more.

The poetry of the Brontës.

William Morris as poet.

The amusing Pre-Raphaelites.

Meredith's poetry.

The poetry of A.E. Housman.

Trollope.

Hand and soul.

Sitter and portrait.

The quality of mercy.

Ancestor worship, with some remarks about the sea worm.