Y. N.J.
_Copyright_, 1912
by BARSE & HOPKINS
The articles in this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday book-page of the San Francisco _Chronicle_.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M.H. de Young, Esq.
TO AMERIQUE
WHOSE
LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HELPED ME TO WRITE
THIS BOOK
CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION ix
THE VITAL QUALITY IN LITERATURE xi
To Get the Spiritual Essence of a Great Book One Must
Study the Man Who Wrote It--The Man Is the Best
Epitome of His Message.
MACAULAY'S ESSAYS IN EUROPEAN HISTORY 3
Foremost English Essayist--His Style and Learning
Have Made Macaulay a Favorite for Over a Half
Century.
SCOTT AND HIS WAVERLEY NOVELS 11
Greatest Novelist the World Has Known--Made History
Real and Created Characters That Will Never Die.
CARLYLE AS AN INSPIRER OF YOUTH 20
Finest English Prose Writer--His Best Books, _Past
and Present_, _Sartor Resartus_ and the _French
Revolution_.
DE QUINCEY AS A MASTER OF STYLE 30
He Wrote the _Confessions of an English
Opium-Eater_--Dreamed Dreams and Saw Visions and
Pictured Them in Poetic Prose.
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