Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-district, by Frederick Sessions, F.R.G.S

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Author

Sessions, Frederick

Title

Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District

Credits

Produced by Eric Skeet, sp1nd and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Lake District (England) -- Biography

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Text

eBook-No.

42476

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42476

Release Date

April 7, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LITERARY CELEBRITIES — OF THE — ENGLISH LAKE-DISTRICT — BY
2. 2.FREDERICK SESSIONS, F.R.G.S.
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — GRASMERE AND DOVE COTTAGE
6. 6.THE ENGLISH OPIUM EATER — THOMAS DE QUINCEY — I.—THE MAN — OF BOOKS AND CONVERSATION
7. 7.THE ENGLISH OPIUM EATER — THOMAS DE QUINCEY — II.—HIS BOOKS — THE BRATHAY VALLEY, AMBLESIDE
8. 8.A PIONEER OF POLITICAL REFORM — HARRIET MARTINEAU — THE TRUE POET
9. 9.A LOVER OF BEAUTY — GERALD MASSEY — A NIGHT RAMBLE
10. 10.A POET ENGRAVER — WILLIAM JAMES LINTON — I.—THE MAN — THE SILENCED SINGER
11. 11.A POET ENGRAVER — WILLIAM JAMES LINTON — II.—HIS BOOKS AND HIS ART — CONISTON
12. 12.A SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST — ELIZA LYNN LINTON — I.—THE WOMAN — WOMEN AND POLITICS — A SUCCESSFUL NOVELIST — ELIZA LYNN LINTON — II.—HER BOOKS — A MOUNTAIN CRAG AT CONISTON
13. 13.THE PHILOSOPHER OF BRANTWOOD — JOHN RUSKIN — I.—THE MAN — MOSSES
14. 14.THE PHILOSOPHER OF BRANTWOOD — JOHN RUSKIN — II.—HIS ART-TEACHING AND HIS BOOKS — VIEWS FROM GRETA HALL
15. 15.A GREAT LIFE MARRED — SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE — TO BE READ AT HIS GRAVESIDE
16. 16.A LIFE TO PITY — HARTLEY COLERIDGE — KESWICK IN WINTER
17. 17.GEORGE THE FOURTH'S LAUREATE — ROBERT SOUTHEY
18. 18.VICTORIA'S FIRST LAUREATE — WILLIAM WORDSWORTH — HIS PRAYER FOR POETIC INSPIRATION
19. 19.A FRIEND OF GREAT POETS — CHARLES LLOYD — THE COMING OF THE YACHTS TO WINDERMERE REGATTA
20. 20.'CHRISTOPHER NORTH' — JOHN WILSON — THE PROFESSIONAL CRITIC
21. 21.THE CHAMPION OF LORD BACON — JAMES SPEDDING — THE BLESSING OF A FULL LIFE
22. 22.TWO BEAUTIFUL LIVES — WILLIAM AND LUCY SMITH — THE BIBLE AND ITS REVELATIONS
23. 23.TWO BROAD THINKERS — FREDERIC AND F. W. H. MYERS — (FATHER AND SON) — THE VIEW FROM HELVELLYN
24. 24.A RELIGIOUS MEDIEVALIST — FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER — I.—THE MAN — COME TO JESUS
25. 25.A RELIGIOUS MEDIEVALIST — FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER — II.—HIS BOOKS — THE BLACK ANT
26. 26.JOHN RUSKIN'S FRIENDS — THE SISTERS OF THE THWAITE, AND THEIR BROTHER — FROM JONAH'S PRAYER — FROM HABAKKUK'S 'SONG IN PARTS'
27. 27.A LEARNED YOUNG LADY — ELIZABETH SMITH — ON A SHOULDER OF THE 'OLD MAN'
28. 28.A COUNTRY DOCTOR AND HIS STORIES (FOLK-SPEECH) — DR. ALEXANDER CRAIG GIBSON — WRITTEN IN THE WORDSWORTH COUNTRY
29. 29.TWO PIONEER EDUCATIONISTS — THOMAS AND MATTHEW ARNOLD
30. 30.PHILARETVS, HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS SONNE
31. 31.DRUNKEN BARNABY — RICHARD BRAITHWAITE
32. 32.SWARTHMORE HALL
33. 33.LAST WORDS ABOUT OUR CELEBRITIES

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