ALEXANDER H. JAPP,
SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS. With Other Essays, CRITICAL, HISTORICAL,
THOMAS DE QUINCEY.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
GENERAL INTRODUCTION.
I. SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS. Introduction, with Complete List of the 'Suspiria.'
II. THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES.
III. WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR.
IV. ON PAGAN SACRIFICES.
V. ON THE MYTHUS.
VI. DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION.
VII. THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE.
VIII. 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID A FALSE GLOSS.
IX. WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE.
X. MURDER AS A FINE ART.
XI. ANECDOTES JUVENAL.
XII. ANNA LOUISA.
XIII. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY.
XIV. GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS.'
XV. DANIEL O'CONNELL.
XVI. FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT.
XVII. ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS.
XVIII. NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM.
XIX. INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE.
XX. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL.
XXI. ON MIRACLES.
XXII. 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS.'
XXIII. IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE?
XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER. )
XXV. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS.
