A Letter BookA LETTER BOOKReading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…A LETTER BOOKGEORGE SAINTSBURYPREFACEINTRODUCTIONIIIIIIIVVVIVIIAPPENDIX TO INTRODUCTIONBook III. Letter IIITHE PASTONS. Fifteenth CenturyROGER ASCHAM (1515-1568)LADY MARY SIDNEY (?[81]-1586)GEORGE CLIFFORD EARL OF CUMBERLAND (1558-1605)JOHN DONNE (1573-1631)JAMES HOWELL (1593-1666)JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706)DOROTHY OSBORNE (1627-1695)JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)LADY MARY WORTLEY-MONTAGU (1689-1762)PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773)GEORGE BALLARD (1706-1755)THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)HORACE WALPOLE (1717-1797)TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (1721-1771)WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)SYDNEY SMITH (1771-1845)SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843)CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834)GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824)PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822)JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)THE CARLYLES—THOMAS (1795-1881) and JANE WELSH (1801-1866)THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859)THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (1803-1849)ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861)EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883)FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE (1809-1893)WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875)JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)ROBERT LOUIS BALFOUR STEVENSON (1850-1894)A Survey of Eighteenth Century Literature as a Place of Rest and RefreshmentHandbooks of English LiteratureBeginning of this editionNext chapter →GEORGE SAINTSBURYAll chapters and sections (50)Other sectionsA LETTER BOOKGEORGE SAINTSBURYPREFACEINTRODUCTIONChapters1234567Other sectionsAPPENDIX TO INTRODUCTIONBooks3Book 3 · Other sectionsTHE PASTONS. Fifteenth CenturyROGER ASCHAM (1515-1568)LADY MARY SIDNEY (?[81]-1586)GEORGE CLIFFORD EARL OF CUMBERLAND (1558-1605)JOHN DONNE (1573-1631)JAMES HOWELL (1593-1666)JOHN EVELYN (1620-1706)DOROTHY OSBORNE (1627-1695)JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)LADY MARY WORTLEY-MONTAGU (1689-1762)PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE, EARL OF CHESTERFIELD (1694-1773)GEORGE BALLARD (1706-1755)THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)HORACE WALPOLE (1717-1797)TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (1721-1771)WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)SYDNEY SMITH (1771-1845)SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843)CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834)GEORGE GORDON, LORD BYRON (1788-1824)PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822)JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)THE CARLYLES—THOMAS (1795-1881) and JANE WELSH (1801-1866)THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY (1800-1859)THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (1803-1849)ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861)EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883)FRANCES ANNE KEMBLE (1809-1893)WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)CHARLES KINGSLEY (1819-1875)JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)ROBERT LOUIS BALFOUR STEVENSON (1850-1894)A Survey of Eighteenth Century Literature as a Place of Rest and RefreshmentHandbooks of English LiteratureSELECTED WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON THE HISTORY AND ART OF LETTER-WRITINGBYGEORGE SAINTSBURY →