The “grand style” 522 Discussion of it 523 The Study of Celtic Literature 526 Its assumptions 527 The _Essays_: their case for Criticism 527 Their examples thereof 529 The latest work 530 The Introduction to Ward’s _English Poets_ 531 “Criticism of Life” 531 Poetic Subject or Poetic Moment 532 Arnold’s accomplishment and position as a critic 534 The Carlylians 537 Kingsley 538 Froude 539 Mr Buskin 539 G. H. Lewes 540 His _Principles of Success in Literature_ 540 His _Inner Life of Art_ 542 Bagehot 542 R. H. Hutton 543 His evasions of literary criticism 544 Pater 544 His frank Hedonism 545 His _polytechny_ and his style 545 His formulation of the new critical attitude 546 _The Renaissance_ 546 Objections to its process 547 Importance of _Marius the Epicurean_ 547 _Appreciations_ and the “_Guardian_” Essays 548 Universality of his method 551 Mr J. A. Symonds 551 Thomson (“B. V.”) 552 William Minto 553 His books on English Prose and Poetry 554 H. D. Traill 554 His critical strength 555 On Sterne and Coleridge 555 _Essays on Fiction_ 556 “The Future of Humour” 556 Others: Mansel, Venables, Stephen, Lord Houghton, Pattison, Church, &c. 557 Patmore 558 Mr Edmund Gurney 559 _The Power of Sound_ 559 _Tertium Quid_ 560