CATULLUS, his descriptions of Nature, 245: 336-9; quoted, 285; characteristics of his genius, 335; his _Attis_, 339-40; his pathos, 337-8; his connection with Lesbia, 342-5; parallel between Poems to Lesbia and Shakespeare’s Sonnets, 345-6; his versatility, 346; comparison with Burns, 347; Mr. Tremenheere’s version of the Love Poems, 347-9
CICERO, influence on English prose, 61; as a critic of rhetoric, 278-9; on immortality, 360
CLASSICS, influence of the Greek and Roman Classics on English Literature, 58-63; exclusion of from Schools of Literature by the English Universities, 45-64; effects of this illustrated, 76-83
COLVIN, Mr. Sidney, his edition of Stevenson’s Letters reviewed, 165-71
COUSIN, Victor, his theory of beauty and art, 272
CRITICISM, reasons of present degraded state of, 13-26; characteristics of current criticism described, 26-30: 270-1; effects on literature generally, 31-4; refusal of the Universities to train critics and men of letters, 38-44; lethargy and indifference of scholars, progressive degradation of literature the certain result, 43-44
CRITICS, characteristics of popular, 27-31: 93-109: 110-32: 151-7
DANTE, 49; quoted, 335; his _Sonnets and Canzoni_, 350
DE QUINCEY, Thomas, characteristics of, 203-4; his comparative failure, 305; Mr. Hogg’s recollections of, 203-10
DOUGLAS, Gavin, his translation of Virgil, 96-7
DRYDEN, his _Discourse on Epic Poetry_, 65; quoted, 153; on the functions of poetry, 280; his translations, 148
DUNBAR, William, 176; Mr. Smeaton’s _Life of_, reviewed, 183-92; characteristics of his poetry, 190-1
EARLE, Prof., on relation of Classics to English Literature, 59 (note)
EARLE, John, his _Microcosmographie_, 129
EDITORS, their relation to current literature, 22; in no way responsible for the present condition of current literature, 23-24
EURIPIDES, 82; his fine pictures of Nature, 242; quoted, 262; his _Alcestis_ quoted, 286
FRAUNCE, Abraham, his _Countess of Pembroke’s Ivy Church_, 309
FROUDE, James Anthony, on the effect of discouraging the study of the Classics, 65
GOSSE, Edmund, his _Short History of Modern English Literature_ reviewed 110-32
GOSSING, analysis of the accomplishment, 115; compared with Euphuism, id.
GOWER, John, 124; _Confessio Amantis_, 196