Studies in English literatureBeing typical selections of British and American authorship, from Shakespeare to the present time ..with definitions, notes, analyses, and glossary as an aid to systematic literary study .. . 438 1. Compensation 441 2. The Problem 453 XXXI. Jfathl Hawthorne ... 455 Characterization by George B. Smith 455 From the Scarlet 458 XXXII. H. W. 47° Characterization by G. W. Curtis 470 Keramos 473 XXXIII. John 491 Characterization by DavidWasson 491 1. Proem 493 2. Maud Muller 495 3. Skipper Iresons 499 XXXIV. Oliver W. Holmes
Studies in English literatureBeing typical selections of British and American authorship, from Shakespeare to the present time ..with definitions, notes, analyses, and glossary as an aid to systematic literary study .. . 438 1. Compensation 441 2. The Problem 453 XXXI. Jfathl Hawthorne ... 455 Characterization by George B. Smith 455 From the Scarlet 458 XXXII. H. W. 47° Characterization by G. W. Curtis 470 Keramos 473 XXXIII. John 491 Characterization by DavidWasson 491 1. Proem 493 2. Maud Muller 495 3. Skipper Iresons 499 XXXIV. Oliver W. 503 Characteiization by J. 503 1. The Deacons Masterpiece. 506 2. The Chambered Nauti- lus 510 3. The Last Leaf. 511 XXXV. Alfred 513 Characterization by Bayard Taylor 513 517 2. Locksley Hall 520 XXXVI. W. M. 529 Tribute by Charles Dickens. 529De Finibus 533 XXXVII. Charles 545 Characterization by E. P. Whipple 545 A Christmas Carol 549 XXXVIII. James E. Lowell. 579 Vision of Sir Launfal 579 XXXIX. George Eliot 593 Characterization by R. H. Hutton 593 From Romola 59^ XL. Thomas H. Huxley 60S The Scientific Spirit in Mod-ern Thought 608 Glossary 621. STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE. DEFINITIONS. I. LITERATURE AND ITS DEPARTMENTS. 1. Literature (Lat. literatura, from litera, a letter), in itsmost general import, is the collective body of literary pro-ductions preserved in writing; but, in its specific sense, itincludes only those writings that come within the sphereof rhetoric, or the literary art. I. The definition excludes from the category of literature allbooks that are technical or special in their scope—hence allworks of mere science or erudition,—so that, varying the formof statement, we may say that the literature of any nation isits body of volumes paramount, dealing with subjects ofcommon interest and clothed in the form of literary art. II. The French term belles-lettres (literally elegattt letters, po-l
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