WILFRED WHITTEN'S PROSE 3 UGLINESS IN FICTION 8 LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA 11 FRENCH PUBLISHERS 16 WORDSWORTH'S SINGLE LINES 18 NOVELISTS AND AGENTS 22 THE NOVEL OF THE SEASON 26 GERMAN EXPANSION 30 THE BOOK-BUYER 32 JOSEPH CONRAD AND THE _ATHENAEUM_ 36 THE PROFESSORS 41 MRS. HUMPHRY WARD'S HEROINES 47 W.W. JACOBS AND ARISTOPHANES 53 KENNETH GRAHAME 57 ANATOLE FRANCE 59 INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY 63 MALLARME, BAZIN, SWINBURNE 65 THE RUINED SEASON 68 1909 "ECCE HOMO" 77 HENRY OSPOVAT 79 FRENCH AND BRITISH ACADEMIES 81 POE AND THE SHORT STORY 84 MIDDLE-CLASS 88 THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC 101 H.G. WELLS 109 TCHEHKOFF 117 THE SURREY LABOURER 120 SWINBURNE 123 THE SEVENPENNIES 130 MEREDITH 134 ST. JOHN HANKIN 140 UNCLEAN BOOKS 143 LOVE POETRY 145 TROLLOPE'S METHODS 148 CHESTERTON AND LUCAS 150 OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF POETRY 155 ARTISTS AND CRITICS 158 RUDYARD KIPLING 160 CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES 167 1910 CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES 181 BRIEUX 195 C.E. MONTAGUE 201 PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS 204 TOURGENIEV AND DOSTOIEVSKY 208 JOHN GALSWORTHY 214 SUPPRESSIONS IN "DE PROFUNDIS" 217 HOLIDAY READING 222 THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF LETTERS 228 UNFINISHED PERUSALS 235 MR. A.C. BENSON 239 THE LITERARY PERIODICAL 242 THE LENGTH OF NOVELS 248 ARTISTS AND MONEY 250 HENRI BECQUE 255 HENRY JAMES 263 ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM 267 MRS. ELINOR GLYN 271 W.H. HUDSON 278 NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND LITERATURE 280 1911 BOOKS OF THE YEAR 289 "THE NEW MACHIAVELLI" 294 SUCCESS IN JOURNALISM 300 MARGUERITE AUDOUX 305 JOHN MASEFIELD 311 LECTURES AND STATE PERFORMANCES 315 A PLAY OF TCHEHKOFF'S 321 SEA AND SLAUGHTER 325 A BOOK IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT 328 "FICTION" AND "LITERATURE" 331