Aspects of Literature

Essays in literary criticism reprinted from the "Athenæum," "Times literary supplement," and the "Nation." The function of criticism.--The religion of Rousseau.--The poetry of Edward Thomas.--Mr. Yeats's swan song.--The wisdom of Anatole France.--Gerard Manley Hopkins.--The problem of Keats.--Thoughts on Tchehov.--American poetry.--Ronsard.--Samuel Butler.--The poetry of Thomas Hardy.--The present condition of English poetry.--The nostalgia of Mr. Masefield.--The lost legions.--The cry in the wi