Of the essays in this volume, the introductory paper on "The Kinds of Criticism" has not before appeared in print. All the rest, with one exception (the Essay on Lockhart which appeared in the _National Review_), were originally published in _Macmillan's Magazine_. To the Editors and Publishers of both these periodicals I owe my best thanks for permission to reprint the articles. To the Editor of _Macmillan's Magazine_ in particular (to whom, if dedications were not somewhat in ill odour, I should, in memory of friendship old and new, have dedicated the book), I am further indebted for suggesting several of the subjects as well as accepting the essays. These appear in the main as they appear…
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