The Victorian Age in Literature

BY

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY LONDON THORNTON BUTTERWORTH LTD.

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

CONTENTS


 * INTRODUCTION
 * Chapter I - THE VICTORIAN COMPROMISE AND ITS ENEMIES
 * Chapter II - THE GREAT VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
 * Chapter III - THE GREAT VICTORIAN POETS
 * Chapter IV - THE BREAK-UP OF THE COMPROMISE
 * BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

''The Editors wish to explain that this book is not put forward as an authoritative history of Victorian literature. It is a free and personal statement of views and impressions about the significance of Victorian literature made by Mr. Chesterton at the Editors' express invitation.''