_Philadelphia, January 13, 1920_




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