Studies in Literature and HistorySIR ALFRED C. LYALLReading editionChapter navigation17 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…SIR ALFRED C. LYALLPREFACENOVELS OF ADVENTURE AND MANNERS[2]ENGLISH LETTER-WRITING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[7]THACKERAYTHE ANGLO-INDIAN NOVELIST[12]HEROIC POETRY[16]THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON[24]THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS[28]CHARACTERISTICS OF MR. SWINBURNE'S POETRY[31]FRONTIERS ANCIENT AND MODERN[38]L'EMPIRE LIBÉRAL[41]SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[54]REMARKS ON THE READING OF HISTORY[55]RACE AND RELIGION[56]THE STATE IN ITS RELATION TO EASTERN AND WESTERN RELIGIONSINDEXBeginning of this editionNext chapter →PREFACEAll chapters and sections (17)SIR ALFRED C. LYALLPREFACENOVELS OF ADVENTURE AND MANNERS[2]ENGLISH LETTER-WRITING IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY[7]THACKERAYTHE ANGLO-INDIAN NOVELIST[12]HEROIC POETRY[16]THE WORKS OF LORD BYRON[24]THE ENGLISH UTILITARIANS[28]CHARACTERISTICS OF MR. SWINBURNE'S POETRY[31]FRONTIERS ANCIENT AND MODERN[38]L'EMPIRE LIBÉRAL[41]SIR SPENCER WALPOLE[54]REMARKS ON THE READING OF HISTORY[55]RACE AND RELIGION[56]THE STATE IN ITS RELATION TO EASTERN AND WESTERN RELIGIONSINDEXP.C., G.C.I.E., K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D.◇LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1915◇PREFACE →