Theodore Watts-DuntonFront matterReading editionChapter navigation36 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHEODORE WATTS-DUNTONSYNOPSISILLUSTRATIONSNATURA BENIGNAIntroductionChapter I · THE RENASCENCE OF WONDERChapter II · COWSLIP COUNTRYChapter III · THE CRITIC IN THE BUDChapter IV · CHARACTERS IN THE MICROCOSMChapter V · EARLY GLIMPSES OF THE GYPSIESChapter VI · SPORT AND WORKChapter VII · EAST ANGLIAChapter VIII · LONDONChapter IX · GEORGE BORROWChapter X · THE ACTED DRAMAChapter X · DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTIChapter XII · WILLIAM MORRISChapter XIII · THE ‘EXAMINER’Chapter XIV · THE ‘ATHENÆUM’Chapter XV · THE GREAT BOOK OF WONDERChapter XVI · A HUMOURIST UPON HUMOURChapter XVII · ‘THE LIFE POETIC’Chapter XVIII · AMERICAN FRIENDS: LOWELL, BRET HARTE, AND OTHERSChapter XIX · WALESChapter XX · IMAGINATIVE AND DIDACTIC PROSEChapter XXI · THE METHODS OF PROSE FICTIONChapter XXII · A STORY WITH TWO HEROINESChapter XXIII · THE RENASCENCE OF WONDER IN RELIGIONChapter XXIV · THE RENASCENCE OF WONDER IN HUMOURChapter XXV · GORGIOS AND ROMANIESChapter XXVI · ‘THE COMING OF LOVE’Chapter XXVII · “CHRISTMAS AT THE ‘MERMAID’”Chapter XXVIII · CONCLUSIONIndexFOOTNOTESBeginning of this editionNext chapter →THEODORE WATTS-DUNTONAll chapters and sections (36)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHEODORE WATTS-DUNTONSYNOPSISILLUSTRATIONSNATURA BENIGNAIntroductionChapters12345678910101213141516171819202122232425262728Other sectionsIndexFOOTNOTESTranscribed from the 1904 Hodder and Stoughton edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org◇Theodore Watts-Dunton, from a painting by Miss H. B. NorrisTHEODORE WATTS-DUNTON →