Essays on the eighteenth century : presented to David Nichol Smith in honour of his seventieth birthday.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Russell & Russell, 1963. |
| Description | vi, 288 pages : portrait ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Addison, by C.S. Lewis.--The conciseness of Swift, by H. Davis.--Deane Swift, Hawkesworth, and The journal to Stella, by H. Williams.--Pope at work, by G. Sherburn.--The inspiration of Pope's poetry, by J. Butt.--"Where once stood their plain homely dwelling," by C. Baker.--Some aspects of eighteenth-century prose, by J. Sutherland.--Note on the composition of Gray's Elegy, by H.W. Garrod.--John Langhorne, by H. Macdonald.--Notes on some lesser poets of the eighteenth century, by W.L. Renwick.--The formal parts of Johnson's letters, by R.W. Chapman.--Mrs. Piozzi's letters, by J.L. Clifford.--The power of memory in Boswell and Scott, by F.A. Pottle.--Robert Burns, by R. Dewar.--Fanny Burney'snovels, by Lord D. Cecil.--Elegant extracts, by E. Blunden.--"The old Cumberland begger" and the Wordsworthian unities, by H.V.D. Dyson.--Matthew Arnold and eighteenth-century poetry, by G. Tillotson.--A list of writings of David Nichol Smith, 1896-1945, compiled by F.P. Wilson (p. [274]-283)--Index, compiled by A. Tillotson. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliographical footnotes. |
| LCCN | 63015179 |