Front matter

Transcriber’s Note:

Footnotes have been collected at the end of each chapter, and are linked for ease of reference.

This text includes both the ten essays in the ‘First Series’ and the nine essays of the ‘Second Series’. The Table of Contents numbers them consectively from I. to XIX. However the essay headings for the second series retain their original numbering from I. to IX. There is no distinguishing separation between the two series, save by that. The headings have been retained as printed.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.

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MATTHEW ARNOLD.