Courteous reader.--The great diarist, and some others.--Samuel Johnson: Literary monarch. The unaccountable companion.--Joel Barlow's Vision of Columbus.--Shelley once more.--The poetry of the Brontës.--William Morris as poet.--The amusing Pre-Raphaelites.--Meredith's poetry.--The poetry of A. E. Housman.--Trollope.--Hand and soul.--Sitter and portrait.--The quality of mercy.--Ancestor worship, with some remarks about the sea worm
