"All but one of these essays were written for magazines or for the daily press."A hermit's notes on Thoreau.--The solitude of Nathaniel Hawthorne.--The origins of Hawthorne and Poe.--The influence of Emerson.--The spirit of Carlyle.--The science of English verse.--Arthur Symons: the two illusions.--The epic of Ireland.--Two poets of the Irish movement [W.B. Yeats and Lionel Johnson]--Tolstoy; or, The ancient feud between philosophy and art.--The religious ground of humanitarianism.Mode of access: Internet