Criticism Books
A Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction
William Dean HowellsA Psychological Counter-Current in Recent Fiction by William Dean Howells. It is consoling as often as dismaying to find in what seems a cataclysmal tide of a certain direction a strong drift to the o..
The American Spirit in Literature
Bliss PerryThe United States of America has been from the beginning in a perpetual change. The physical and mental restlessness of the American and the temporary nature of many of his arrangements are largely du..
Adventures among Books
Andrew LangOf the Essays in this volume “Adventures among Books,” and “Rab’s Friend,” appeared in Scribner’s Magazine; and “Recollections of Robert Louis Stevenson” (to the best of the author’s memory) in The No..
Appreciations, With An Essay on Style
Walter Horatio PaterAppreciations, With An Essay on Style written by Walter Horatio Pater...
Biographical Study of A. W. Kinglake
Rev. W. TcikwellIt is just eleven years since Kinglake passed away, and his life has not yet been separately memorialized. A few years more, and the personal side of him would be irrecoverable, though by person..
An anthology of German literature
Calvin ThomasThis book is designed to accompany an introductory study of the history of German literature. It is assumed that the history itself will be learned, so far as necessary, either from lectures or from s..
An Essay on Criticism
Alexander PopeAn Essay on Criticism is one of the first major poems written by the English writer Alexander Pope. It is the source of the famous quotations "To err is human, to forgive divine," "A little learning i..
The Art of the Moving Picture
Vachel LindsayThe Art of the Moving Picture book is Intended, First Of All, For The New Art Museums Springing Up All Over The Country. But The Book Is For Our Universities And Institutions Of Learning. It Contains ..