Letter to Mr. Harrison 107

Hebrew her favourite study 112

Limitless persistency in application 113

Romola 114

Mr. R.W. Mackay's _Progress of the Intellect_ 120

The period of her productions, 1856-1876 124

Mr. Browning 125

An æsthetic not a doctrinal teacher 126

Disliked vehemence 130

Conclusion 131




THE LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT.[1]


The illustrious woman who is the subject of these volumes makes a remark
to her publisher which is at least as relevant now as it was then. Can
nothing be done, she asks, by dispassionate criticism towards the reform
of our national habits in the matter of literary biography? 'Is it