Some Diversions of a Man of LettersSOME DIVERSIONSReading editionChapter navigation21 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…SOME DIVERSIONSA MAN OF LETTERSEDMUND GOSSE, C.B.OTHER WORKS BY MR. EDMUND GOSSEPREFACE:THE SHEPHERD OF THE OCEAN[1]THE SONGS OF SHAKESPEARECATHARINE TROTTER,TWO PIONEERS OF ROMANTICISM:THE CHARM OF STERNE[5]THE CENTENARY OF EDGAR ALLAN POETHE AUTHOR OF "PELHAM"THE CHALLENGE OF THE BRONTËS[7]THE NOVELS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELITHREE EXPERIMENTS IN PORTRAITURETHREE EXPERIMENTS IN PORTRAITURE (continued 2)THE LYRICAL POETRY OF THOMAS HARDYSOME SOLDIER POETSTHE FUTURE OF ENGLISH POETRY[8]THE AGONY OF THE VICTORIAN AGEINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →A MAN OF LETTERSAll chapters and sections (21)SOME DIVERSIONSA MAN OF LETTERSEDMUND GOSSE, C.B.OTHER WORKS BY MR. EDMUND GOSSEPREFACE:THE SHEPHERD OF THE OCEAN[1]THE SONGS OF SHAKESPEARECATHARINE TROTTER,TWO PIONEERS OF ROMANTICISM:THE CHARM OF STERNE[5]THE CENTENARY OF EDGAR ALLAN POETHE AUTHOR OF "PELHAM"THE CHALLENGE OF THE BRONTËS[7]THE NOVELS OF BENJAMIN DISRAELITHREE EXPERIMENTS IN PORTRAITURETHREE EXPERIMENTS IN PORTRAITURE (continued 2)THE LYRICAL POETRY OF THOMAS HARDYSOME SOLDIER POETSTHE FUTURE OF ENGLISH POETRY[8]THE AGONY OF THE VICTORIAN AGEINDEXOFA MAN OF LETTERS →