ebtedness to Emerson 93
His poetic appreciation of Nature
Thoreau on "Walking"--compare with Hazlitt
"Emersonitis"--examples
III Thoreau and the Indians 97
The Indians were to Thoreau what the Gypsies were
to Borrow. But he lacked the picturesque vigour of
Borrow
His utterances on the Indian character considered
Thoreau and civilization
Swagger and Vagabondage
IV Thoreau as a thinker 104
His Orientalism
"Donatello" (?)
His power over animals
Thoreau and children--his fondness for them
This _not_ an argument in favour of sociability
Lewis Carroll
The "unsociability" of the Vagabond in general, and
Thoreau in particular
Thoreau and George Meredith
Similarity in attitude towards the Earth
V
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
I Romance--what is it? 117
Its twofold character
Romanticism analysed
The elfish character of Stevenson's work
II The "Ariel" element in Stevenson predominant 120
The "unreality" of his fiction
Light but little heat
III The Romantic and the Artist 123
Blake--Shelley--Keats--Tennyson
His ideal as an artist
His courageous gaiety
IV His captivating grace 126
The essays discussed--their merits and defects
His indebtedness to Hazlitt, Lamb, Montaigne
His "private bravado"
V The artist exemplified in three ways: (1) The maker 130
of phrases; (2) The limner of pictures; (3) The
painter of character. Illustrations
Dickens, Browning, and Stevenson--their love of the
grotesque
Treatment of Nature in fiction from the days of
Mrs. Radcliffe to the present day
Scott--the Brontes--Kingsley--Thomas Hardy
Stevenson moralizes
VI Is the "Shorter Catechist" element a weakness? 137
Edgar Allan Poe and Stevenson
VI
RICHARD JEFFERIES
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