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MODERN
ENGLISH BOOKS
OF POWER
By GEORGE HAMLIN FITCH
"A Good Book Is the Precious
Life-Blood of a Master Spirit, Embalmed and Treasured
Up on Purpose to a Life Beyond Life."
Milton: Areopagitica
ILLUSTRATED
BARSE & HOPKINS
NEW YORK NEWARK
N.Y. N.J.
Copyright, 1912
by Barse & Hopkins
The articles in this
book appeared originally in the
Sunday book-page of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The privilege of reproducing them
here is due to the courtesy of
M.H. de Young, Esq.
TO AMERIQUE
WHOSE
LOVE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
HELPED ME TO WRITE
THIS BOOK
Contents
| Page | ||
| Introduction | ix | |
| To Get the Spiritual Essence of a Great Book One Must Study the Man Who Wrote It—The Man Is the Best Epitome of His Message. | ||
| Macaulay's Essays in European History | 3 | |
| Foremost English Essayist—His Style and Learning Have Made Macaulay a Favorite for Over a Half Century. | ||
| Scott and His Waverley Novels | 11 | |
| Greatest Novelist the World Has Known—Made History Real and Created Characters That Will Never Die. | ||
| Carlyle as an Inspirer of Youth | 20 | |
| Finest English Prose Writer—His Best Books, Past and Present, Sartor Resartus and the French Revolution. | ||
| De Quincey as a Master of Style | 30 | |
| He Wrote the Confessions of an English Opium-Eater—Dreamed Dreams and Saw Visions and Pictured Them in Poetic Prose. | ||
| Charles Lamb and the Essays of Elia | 38 | |
| Best Beloved of All the English Writers—Quaintest and Tenderest Essayist Whose Work Appeals to All Hearts. | ||
| Dickens, the Foremost of Novelists | 47 | |
| More Widely Read Than Any Other Story-Teller—The Greatest of the Modern Humorists Appeals to the Readers of All Ages and Classes. | ||
| Thackeray, Greatest Master of Fiction | 56 | |
| The Most Accomplished Writer of His Century—Tender Pathos Under an Affectation of Cynicism and Great Art in Style and Characters. | ||
| Charlotte Brontë; Her Two Great Novels | 66 | |
| Jane Eyre and Villette are Touched With Genius—The Tragedy of a Woman's Life That Resulted in Two Stories of Passionate Revolt Against Fate. | ||
| George Eliot and Her Two Great Novels | 76 | |
| Adam Bede and The Mill on the Floss—Her Early Stories Are Rich in Character Sketches, With Much Humor and Pathos. | ||
| Ruskin, the Apostle of Art | 87 | |
| Art Critic and Social Reformer—Best Books Are Modern Painters, The Seven Lamps and The Stones of Venice. | ||
| Tennyson Leads the Victorian Writers | 96 | |
| A Poet Who Voiced the Aspirations of His Age—Locksley Hall, In Memoriam and The Idylls of the King Among His Best Works. | ||
| Browning, Greatest Poet Since Shakespeare | 106 | |
| How to Get the Best of Browning's Poems—Read the Lyrics First and Then Take Up the Longer and the More Difficult Works. | ||
| Meredith and a Few of His Best Novels | 115 | |
| One of the Greatest Masters of Fiction of the Last Century—The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Diana of the Crossways and Other Novels. | ||
| Stevenson, Prince of Modern Story-Tellers | ||