This 1890 collection gathers John Morley’s essays from the Nineteenth Century and the Fortnightly Review. It includes his introduction to Wordsworth’s complete poems, a set of aphorisms, a critique of Sir Henry Maine on popular government, pieces on French models and Hugo’s Ninety-Three, an essay on Browning’s The Ring and the Book, and an address on the study of literature.
Lucid, humane criticism from a Victorian statesman and man of letters. Download the free EPUB.