Literary TasteSUMMARY OF THE PERIOD.Reading editionChapter navigation18 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…LITERARY TASTEChapter I · — THE AIMChapter II · — YOUR PARTICULAR CASEChapter III · — WHY A CLASSIC IS A CLASSICChapter IV · — WHERE TO BEGINChapter V · — HOW TO READ A CLASSICChapter VI · — THE QUESTION OF STYLEChapter VII · — WRESTLING WITH AN AUTHORChapter VIII · — SYSTEM IN READINGChapter IX · — VERSEChapter X · — BROAD COUNSELSChapter XI · — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD ISUMMARY OF THE FIRST PERIOD.Chapter XII · — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD IISUMMARY OF THE PERIOD.Chapter XIII · — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD IIISUMMARY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.Chapter XIV · — MENTAL STOCKTAKINGPrevious chapter ←Chapter XII · — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD IINext chapter →Chapter XIII · — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD IIIAll chapters and sections (18)Other sectionsLITERARY TASTEChapters1234567891011Other sectionsSUMMARY OF THE FIRST PERIOD.Chapters12Other sectionsSUMMARY OF THE PERIOD.Chapters13Other sectionsSUMMARY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.Chapters14£ s. d. 39 prose-writers in 60 volumes, costing 5 1 0 18 poets " 18 " " 1 7 0 57 78 £6 8 0◇← Chapter XII — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD IIChapter XIII — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD III →