PREFACE
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
PART I
SIDE-LIGHTS ON GREAT WRITERS
'TO DRIVE DULL CARE AWAY'
PART II
THE STUDY OF LITERATURE
THE DECISIVE PERIODS IN LITERATURE
NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE DIVISIONS OF LITERATURE
FROM SEVEN TO TWENTY-ONE
THE INDEX AND THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
LITERARY CRITICISM
PART III
STUDIES OF GREAT AUTHORS
