LIST OF CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE PRESENT FUNCTIONS OF CRITICISM 13 II. ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES. PART I. 45 III. ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES. PART II. 76 IV. ENGLISH LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITIES. PART III. 84 V. OUR LITERARY GUIDES. PART I. 93 VI. OUR LITERARY GUIDES. PART II. 110 VII. LOG-ROLLING AND EDUCATION 133 VIII. OUR LITERARY GUIDES. PART III. 145 IX. THE NEW CRITICISM 151 X. THE GENTLE ART OF SELF-ADVERTISEMENT 158 XI. R. L. STEVENSON’S LETTERS 165 XII. LITERARY ICONOCLASM 172 XIII. WILLIAM DUNBAR 183 XIV. A GALLOP THROUGH ENGLISH LITERATURE 193 XV. DE QUINCEY AND HIS FRIENDS 203 XVI. LEE’S LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE 211 XVII. SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS 219 XVIII. LANDSCAPE IN POETRY 236 XIX. AN APPRECIATION OF FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE 250 XX. ANCIENT GREEK AND MODERN LIFE 255 XXI. THE PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM 270 XXII. WOMEN IN GREEK POETRY 283 XXIII. MR. STEPHEN PHILLIPS’ POEMS 294 XXIV. THE ILLUSTRIOUS OBSCURE 301 XXV. VIRGIL IN ENGLISH HEXAMETERS 308 XXVI. THE LATEST EDITION OF THOMSON 318 XXVII. CATULLUS AND LESBIA 335 XXVIII. THE RELIGION OF SHAKESPEARE 351 THE PRESENT FUNCTIONS OF CRITICISM