

CONTENTS 



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THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVOLUTION . . . . , , i 



ON THE APPLICATION OF EVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLES 



TO ART AND LITERATURE 27 



ON SOME PRINCIPLES OF CRITICISM ...... 53 



THE PROVINCES OF THE SEVERAL ARTS .... 79 



ON THE RELATION OF ART TO SCIENCE AND MORALITY 95 



REALISM AND IDEALISM 108 



THE MODEL . 128 



BEAUTY, COMPOSITION, EXPRESSION, CHARACTERISATION 137 



CARICATURE, THE FANTASTIC, THE GROTESQUE . . 155 



NOTES ON STYLE : 



PABT I. HISTORY AND USAGE OF THE WOBD .... 166 



PART II. NATIONAL STYLE 174 



PART III. PERSONAL STYLE 217 



PART IV THE ART OF STYLE 224 



DEMOCRATIC ART. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO WALT WHIT- 

 MAN ... 237 



LANDSCAPE 269 



NATURE MYTHS AND ALLEGORIES 300 



IS POETRY AT BOTTOM A CRITICISM OF LIFE? A REVIEW 



OF MATTHEW ARNOLD'S SELECTION FROM WORDSWORTH , . 315 



