That miss the many-splendoured thing.

But (when so sad thou canst not sadder)
Cry;--and upon thy so sore loss
Shall shine the traffic of Jacob's ladder
Pitched between Heaven and Charing Cross.

Yea, in the night, my Soul, my daughter,
Cry;--clinging Heaven by the hems;
And lo, Christ walking on the water,
Not of Genesareth, but Thames."[7]

_Printed by_ MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, _Edinburgh_

FOOTNOTES:

[1] _King Lear_, Act III. scene vi.

[2] Compare the song of Mr. Valiant-for-Truth beginning,

"Who would true valour see"

with Shakespeare's

"Who doth ambition shun."

_As You Like It_, II. v.

[3] For these and other points of resemblance, cf. Professor Firth's
Leaflet on Bunyan (_English Association Papers_, No. 19).

[4] _On Compromise_, published 1874.

[5] In his latest volume (_Marriage_), Mr. Wells has spoken in a
different tone from that of his other recent works. It is a welcome
change, and it may be the herald of something more positive still, and
of a wholesome and inspiring treatment of the human problems. But behind
it lie _First and Last Things_, _Tono Bungay_, _Ann Veronica_, and _The
New Macchiavelli_.

[6] Mr. Chesterton perceives this, though he does not always express it
unmistakably. He tells us that he does not mean to attack the authority
of reason, but that his ultimate purpose is rather to defend it.

[7] These verses, probably unfinished and certainly left rough for
future perfecting, were found among Francis Thompson's papers when he
died.

End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Among Famous Books, by John Kelman

*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMONG FAMOUS BOOKS ***

***** This file should be named 18104.txt or 18104.zip *****
This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
http://www.gutenberg.org/1/8/1/0/18104/

Produced by Melissa Er-Raqabi, Robert Ledger, Ted Garvin
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net

Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
will be renamed.

Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
permission and without paying copyright royalties. Special rules,
set forth in the General Terms o