Criticism Books

Censorship and Art

John Galsworthy

Since, time and again, it has been proved, in this country of free institutions, that the great majority of our fellow-countrymen consider the only Censorship that now obtains amongst us, namely the C..

Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare by Walter Savage Landor Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare

Walter Savage Landor

The frolic of Shakspeare in deer-stealing was the cause of his Hegira; and his connection with players in London was the cause of his writing plays.  Had he remained in his native town, his ambit..

Confessions and Criticisms

Julian Hawthorne

Julian Hawthorne was practically born to write; after all, his father, Nathaniel, was and remains considered one of America's greatest novelists. While Julian would obviously never reach the same heig..

Confessions of a Young Man

George Moore

Dear little book, what shall I say about thee? Belated offspring of mine, out of print for twenty years, what shall I say in praise of thee? For twenty years I have only seen thee in French, and in th..

Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)

Alexander Whyte

John Bunyan’s Holy War was first published in 1682, six years before its illustrious author’s death.  Bunyan wrote this great book when he was still in all the fulness of his intellectual power a..

Bunyan Characters (Ist Series)

Alexander Whyte

The word ‘character’ occurs only once in the New Testament, and that is in the passage in the prologue of the Epistle to the Hebrews, where the original word is translated ‘express image’ in our versi..

Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920)

Carl Van Doren

The American Novel, published last year, undertook to trace the progress of a literary type in the United States from its beginnings to the end of the nineteenth century; Contemporary American Novelis..

Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1 (Essay 1 - Robespierre)

John Morley

A French writer has recently published a careful and interesting volume on the famous events which ended in the overthrow of Robespierre and the close of the Reign of Terror. These events are known in..