LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1897

Contents

INTRODUCTORY

I.—FIRST, THE CRITICS, AND THEN A WORD ON DICKENS

II.—CHARLES READE

III.—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

IV.—LIVING MASTERS—MEREDITH AND HALL CAINE

V.—LIVING MASTERS—RUDYARD KIPLING

VI.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—THOMAS HARDY

VII.—UNDER FRENCH ENCOURAGEMENT—GEORGE MOORE

VIII.—MR. S. R. CROCKETT—IAN MACLAREN

IX.—DR. MACDONALD AND MR. J. M. BARRIE

X.—THE PROBLEM SEEKERS—SEA CAPTAIN AND LAND CAPTAIN

XI.—MISS MARIE CORELLI

XII.—THE AMERICANS

XIII.—THE YOUNG ROMANCERS