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