Introduction

1. Science

1. The Uses of Natural History

2. On the Relation of Man to the Globe

3. Water

4. The Naturalist

2. Italy

[Excerpts]

3. Biography

1. [Introduction]

2. Michel Angelo

3. Martin Luther

4. John Milton

5. George Fox

6. Edmund Burke

4. English Literature

On the Best Mode of Inspiring a Correct Taste in English Literature

1. English Literature: Introductory

2. Permanent Traits of the English National Genius

3. The Age of Fable

4. Chaucer

5. Shakspear [first lecture]

6. Shakspear [second lecture]

7. Lord Bacon

8. Ben Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Wotton

9. Ethical Writers

10. Modern Aspects of Letters

Bibliography of Principal Sources

Textual Notes and Variant Passages

Index