CONTENTS
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| I |
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Biography—Centennial—Russia—Germany—Italy—Spain—Latin-America—France—England—Retrospect and Prospect.
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| II |
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Relation to Time and Place—Accurate Observer—Interest in Public Education—Slavery—Alleged Sectionalism—Americanism—Humor—At Home—Religion—Intemperance—Not the Poet Laureate of Darkness.
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| III |
The Critic—Introduction
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73 |
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"The Faculty of Identification"
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76 |
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"The Novel as History and Philosophy"
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78 |
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"An Omen of Better Days for Southern Literature"
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80 |
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"Comparison vs. Ideality"
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82 |
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"A Present Tense Wrongly Used"
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93 |
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"The Spirit of Research in Our Navy"
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94 |
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"Government and the Forms of Government"
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97 |
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"William Cullen Bryant"
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98 |
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"Indefinitiveness in Song"
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106 |
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"Fancy and Imagination"
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110 |
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"The Nature and Interest of Plot"
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116 |
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"Defects in the Technique of Barnaby Rudge"
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124 |
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"Longfellow's Ballads"
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142 |
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"The Technique of the Short Story"
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149 |
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"Repetition an Aid to Quaintness"
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158 |
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"Shelley and After"
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160 |
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"Plagiarism"
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163 |
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"How to Improve Our Drama"
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166 |
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"German Criticism"
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171 |
