Vol. I: The function of criticism at the present time -- The literary influence of academies -- Maurice de Guerin -- Eugenie de Guerin -- Heinrich Heine -- Pagan and medieval religious sentiment -- A Persian passion play -- Jonbert -- Spinoza and the Bible -- Marcus Aurelius -- Vol. II: The study of poetry -- Milton -- Thomas Gray -- John Keats -- Wordsworth -- Byron -- Shelley -- Count Les Tolstoi -- Amiel

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