Introductory material
Reading edition
ON POETRY AND BELLES-LETTRES
THE FUNCTION OF THE POET With note by Charles Eliot Norton. Century Magazine, January, 1894
HUMOR, WIT, FUN, AND SATIRE With note by Charles Eliot Norton. Century Magazine, November, 1893
THE FIVE INDISPENSABLE AUTHORS (HOMER, DANTE, CERVANTES, GOETHE, SHAKESPEARE) Century Magazine, December, 1893
THE IMAGINATION Century Magazine, March, 1894
CRITICAL FRAGMENTS Century Magazine, May, 1894 I. Life in Literature and Language II. Style and Manner III. Kalevala
REVIEWS OF CONTEMPORARIES
HENRY JAMES: JAMES'S TALES AND SKETCHES The Nation, June 24, 1875
LONGFELLOW: THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH Atlantic Monthly, January, 1859
TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN North American Review, January, 1864
WHITTIER: IN WAR TIME, AND OTHER POEMS North American Review, January, 1864
HOME BALLADS AND POEMS Atlantic Monthly, November, 1860
SNOW-BOUND: A WINTER IDYL North American Review, April, 1866
POETRY AND NATIONALITY North American Review, October, 1868
W.D. HOWELLS: VENETIAN LIFE North American Review, October, 1866
EDGAR A. POE Graham's Magazine, February, 1845; R.W. Griswold's edition of Poe's Works (1850)
THACKERAY: ROUNDABOUT PAPERS North American Review, April, 1864
TWO GREAT AUTHORS
SWIFT: FORSTER'S LIFE OF SWIFT The Nation, April 13 and 20, 1876
PLUTARCH'S MORALS North American Review, April, 1871
A PLEA FOR FREEDOM FROM SPEECH AND FIGURES OF SPEECH-MAKERS Atlantic Monthly, December, 1860