TAILIEUCHUNG - The Art of Letters

Mr. Pepys was a Puritan. Froude once painted a portrait of Bunyan as an old Cavalier. He almost persuaded one that it was true till the later discovery of Bunyan's name on the muster-roll of one of Cromwell's regiments showed that he had been a Puritan from the beginning. If one calls Mr. Pepys a Puritan, however, one does not do so for the love of paradox or at a guess. He tells us himself that he "was a great Roundhead when I was a boy," and that, on the day on which King Charles was beheaded, he said: "Were I to preach on him,. | The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd 1 The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd The Project Gutenberg eBook The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Art of Letters Author Robert Lynd Release Date October 16 2004 eBook 13764 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE ART OF LETTERS E-text prepared by Produced by Ted Garvin Barbara Tozier and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE ART OF LETTERS by ROBERT LYND The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd New York 2 1921 TO . SQUIRE My Dear Jack You were godfather to a good many of the chapters in this book when they first appeared in the London Mercury the New Statesman and the British Review. Others of the chapters appeared in the Daily News the Nation the Aihe iaum the Observer and Everyman. Will it embarrass you if I now present you with the entire brood in the name of a friendship that has lasted many midnights Yours Robert Lynd. Steyning 30th August 1920 CONTENTS I. MR. PEPYS II. JOHN BUNYAN III. THOMAS CAMPION IV. JOHN DONNE V. HORACE WALPOLE VI. WILLIAM COWPER VII. A NOTE ON ELIZABETHAN PLAYS VIII. THE OFFICE OF THE POETS IX. EDWARD YOUNG AS CRITIC X. GRAY AND COLLINS XI. ASPECTS OF SHELLEY 1 THE CHARACTER HALF-COMIC 2 THE EXPERIMENTALIST 3 THE POET OF HOPE XII. THE WISDOM OF COLERIDGE 1 COLERIDGE AS CRITIC 2 COLERIDGE AS A TALKER XIII. TENNYSON A TEMPORARY CRITICISM XIV. THE POLITICS OF SWIFT AND SHAKESPEARE 1 SWIFT 2 SHAKESPEARE The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd XV. THE PERSONALITY OF MORRIS 3 XVI. GEORGE MEREDITH 1 THE EGOIST 2 THE OLYMPIAN UNBENDS 3 THE ANGLO-IRISH ASPECT XVII. OSCAR WILDE XVIII. TWO ENGLISH CRITICS 1 MR. SAINTSBURY 2 MR. GOSSE XIX. AN AMERICAN CRITIC PROFESSOR IRVING BABBIT XX. GEORGIANS 1

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• Robert Lynd
• JOHN BUNYAN
• GRAY AND COLL
• WILLIAM COWPER
• HORACE WALPOLE
• JOHN DONNE
• THOMAS CAMPION