ESSAYS IN CRITICISM

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

LONDON - BOMBAY - CALCUTTA • MA DRAS
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK • BOSTON . CHICAGO
DALLAS • SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO

ESSAYS IN CRITICISM

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 Ezersley Series 1895; Refrinted 1896, 1898 (twice), 1900, 1902
1993, 1995, 1906, 1908, 1911, 1913, 1915, 1921
Globe 8vo Edition 1915; Reprinted 1918, 1921

CONTENTS

O (I. THE STUDY OF POETRY.

II. Milton . . .

III. THOMAS GRAY . -

IV. John Keats . . .

O UJ WORDSWORTH .

VI. BYRON · · ·

VII. SHELLEY . . i

VIII. Count LEÓ TOLSTOI

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OSWORTH