Characters and Criticisms: Vol. IIBoD – Books on Demand, 2023 M10 24 - 276 pages Reprint of the original, first published in 1857. |
Contents
Essay WritingThe Champion | 1 |
Traits of American Authorship | 9 |
Home Criticism | 14 |
The Two Everetts | 18 |
Poems by Clement C Moore LL D | 23 |
American VerseRalph Hoyt | 27 |
The Literary Character of R H Dana | 33 |
Tales of the South and West | 39 |
Lord Bolingbroke | 171 |
Literature by Professional Men | 175 |
XXVIIIThe Profession of an Actor | 182 |
Childrens Books | 189 |
XXXA Rainy Day with the Poets | 195 |
XXXITeaTable Talk | 199 |
Philosophical ChitChat | 204 |
XXXIIIA Welsh Rarebit for St Davids Day | 217 |
The Lecture | 45 |
Hugh Latimer | 54 |
XISir Philip Sidneys Defense of Poesy | 61 |
Burtons Anatomy of Melancholy | 69 |
Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe | 79 |
The Spiritual Quixote | 83 |
Satire and Sentiment | 88 |
Summer Reading | 94 |
The Culture of the Imagination | 102 |
Political Satire | 112 |
Farrago | 118 |
The Literature of Quakerism | 130 |
XXIPoetry for the People | 136 |
Esthetical Fragments | 144 |
Correspondence of Richardson | 157 |
Thomas Moore | 159 |
Literary Portraits | 164 |
Literary Egotism | 221 |
Walking the Streets | 225 |
The HousewifeA Character XXXVIIReading and Study | 229 |
XXXVIIIOn the Value of Metaphysical Studies | 232 |
Male Scolds | 234 |
XLThe SextonA Character | 237 |
The Linguist | 238 |
The Italian Opera | 241 |
The Modern PoliticianA Character | 244 |
The Familiar Philosophy | 246 |
The Old English Comedy | 248 |
The Old Songs and Ballads | 251 |
XLVIISuggestions for the Reflective | 255 |
Thoughts on Bulwer | 259 |
Table Talk Page 195 199 204 213 221 225 227 229 232 | 261 |
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