Chapter I: Introduction: By Robert Cortes Holliday 13

THE CIRCUS, AND OTHER ESSAYS

THE CIRCUS 45

THE ABOLITION OF POETS 60

NOON-HOUR ADVENTURING 70

SIGNS AND SYMBOLS 83

THE GREAT NICKEL ADVENTURE 88

THE URBAN CHANTICLEER 96

DAILY TRAVELING 105

INCONGRUOUS NEW YORK 110

IN MEMORIAM: JOHN BUNNY 116

THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 125

FUGITIVE PIECES

THE ASHMAN 137

THE BEAR THAT WALKS LIKE A MAN 146

ABSINTHE AT THE CHESHIRE CHEESE 153

JAPANESE LACQUER 159

SAPPHO REDIVIVA 168

THE POETRY OF GERARD HOPKINS 180

PHILOSOPHICAL TENDENCIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 186

TWO LECTURES ON ENGLISH POETRY:

THE BALLAD 197

THE SONNET 203

GILBERT K. CHESTERTON AND HIS POETRY 222

LIONEL JOHNSON, ERNEST DOWSON, AUBREY BEARDSLEY 237

SWINBURNE AND FRANCIS THOMPSON 253

A NOTE ON THOMAS HARDY 268

MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN 275

FRANCIS THOMPSON 282

JOHN MASEFIELD 288

WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY 302

INTRODUCTION