Contents on Poetry and Belles-Lettres

THE FUNCTION OF THE POET
With note by Charles Eliot Norton.
Century Magazine, January, 1894

HUMOR, WIT, FUN, AND SATIRE
With note by Charles Eliot Norton.
Century Magazine, November, 1893

THE FIVE INDISPENSABLE AUTHORS (HOMER, DANTE, CERVANTES, GOETHE, SHAKESPEARE) Century Magazine, December, 1893

THE IMAGINATION
Century Magazine, March, 1894

CRITICAL FRAGMENTS
Century Magazine, May, 1894
    I. Life in Literature and Language
    II. Style and Manner
    III. Kalevala

HENRY JAMES: JAMES’S TALES AND SKETCHES
The Nation, June 24, 1875

LONGFELLOW: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH
Atlantic Monthly, January, 1859

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN
North American Review, January, 1864

WHITTIER: IN WAR TIME, AND OTHER POEMS
North American Review, January, 1864

HOME BALLADS AND POEMS
Atlantic Monthly, November, 1860

SNOW-BOUND: A WINTER IDYL
North American Review, April, 1866

POETRY AND NATIONALITY
North American Review, October, 1868

W.D. HOWELLS: VENETIAN LIFE
North American Review, October, 1866

EDGAR A. POE
Graham’s Magazine, February, 1845;
R.W. Griswold’s edition of Poe’s Works (1850)

THACKERAY: ROUNDABOUT PAPERS
North American Review, April, 1864

SWIFT: FORSTER’S LIFE OF SWIFT
The Nation, April 13 and 20, 1876

PLUTARCH’S MORALS
North American Review, April, 1871

A PLEA FOR FREEDOM FROM SPEECH AND FIGURES OF SPEECH-MAKERS Atlantic Monthly, December, 1860