Hours with men and books.

Thomas De Quincy.--Robert South.--Charles H. Spurgeon.--Recollections of Judge Story.--Moral Grahamism.--Strength and health.--Professorships of books and reading.--The morality of good living.--The illusions of history.--Homilies on early rising.--Literary triflers.--Writing for the press.--The study of the modern languages.--Working by rule.--Too much speaking.--A forgotten wit.--Are we Anglo-Saxon?--A day at Oxford.--An hour at Christ's hospital.--Book-buying.--A pinch of snuff.Mode of access: Internet