FREDERICK SESSIONS, F.R.G.S.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
I THE ENGLISH OPIUM EATER THOMAS DE QUINCEY I. THE MAN
THE ENGLISH OPIUM EATER THOMAS DE QUINCEY II. HIS BOOKS
II A PIONEER OF POLITICAL REFORM HARRIET MARTINEAU
III A LOVER OF BEAUTY GERALD MASSEY
IV A POET ENGRAVER WILLIAM JAMES LINTON I. THE MAN
A POET ENGRAVER WILLIAM JAMES LINTON II. HIS BOOKS AND HIS ART
V A SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST ELIZA LYNN LINTON I. THE WOMAN
VI THE PHILOSOPHER OF BRANTWOOD JOHN RUSKIN I. THE MAN
THE PHILOSOPHER OF BRANTWOOD JOHN RUSKIN II. HIS ART-TEACHING AND HIS BOOKS
VII A GREAT LIFE MARRED SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
VIII A LIFE TO PITY HARTLEY COLERIDGE
IIX GEORGE THE FOURTH'S LAUREATE ROBERT SOUTHEY
X VICTORIA'S FIRST LAUREATE WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
XI A FRIEND OF GREAT POETS CHARLES LLOYD
XII 'CHRISTOPHER NORTH' JOHN WILSON
XIII THE CHAMPION OF LORD BACON JAMES SPEDDING
XIV TWO BEAUTIFUL LIVES WILLIAM AND LUCY SMITH
XV TWO BROAD THINKERS FREDERIC AND F. W. H. MYERS (FATHER AND SON)
XVI A RELIGIOUS MEDIEVALIST FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER I. THE MAN
A RELIGIOUS MEDIEVALIST FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER II. HIS BOOKS
XVII JOHN RUSKIN'S FRIENDS THE SISTERS OF THE THWAITE, AND THEIR BROTHER
XVIII A LEARNED YOUNG LADY ELIZABETH SMITH
XIX A COUNTRY DOCTOR AND HIS STORIES (FOLK-SPEECH) DR. ALEXANDER CRAIG GIBSON
XX TWO PIONEER EDUCATIONISTS THOMAS AND MATTHEW ARNOLD
PHILARETVS, HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS SONNE
XXI DRUNKEN BARNABY RICHARD BRAITHWAITE
SWARTHMORE HALL
XXII LAST WORDS ABOUT OUR CELEBRITIES
Photo by Green Bros., Grasmere.
Dove Cottage
DOVE COTTAGE, GRASMERE. As it was when the Home of the Wordsworths (1799-1808) and De Quincey (1808-1830).
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