ESSAYS IN CRITICISM

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

LONDON • BOMBAY CALCUTTA • MADRAS

MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON. CHICAGO
DALLAS. SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

SECOND SERIES

BY

MATTHEW ARNOLD

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON

1921

COPYRIGHT

First Edition (Crown 8vo) 1888
Reprinted 1889, 1891

First printed in the Eversley Series 1895; Reprinted 1896, 1898 (twice); 1900
1903, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1921

Globe 8vo Edition 1915; Reprinted 1918, 1921