Development of the English
Novel_.
RUSKIN
The great edition of Ruskin is the Library edition by E.T.
Cook and A. Wedderburn, begun in 1903. It is splendidly
illustrated and is a superb specimen of book-making. English
and American editors of Ruskin are numerous.
The standard life of Ruskin is by W.G. Collingwood, his
secretary and ardent disciple. One of his pupils, E.T. Cook,
published _Studies in Ruskin_, which throws much light on his
methods of teaching art. J.A. Hobson in _John Ruskin, Social
Reformer_ discusses his economic and social teaching. Dr.
Charles Waldstein of Cambridge in _The Work of John Ruskin_
develops his art theories. Good critical studies may also be
found in W.M. Rossetti's _Ruskin_ and Frederic Harrison's
_Tennyson, Ruskin, Mill and Other Literary Estimates_; Justin
McCarthy, _Modern Leaders_; Mary R. Mitford, _Recollections of
a Literary Life_ and R.H. Hutton, _Contemporary Thought and
Thinkers_.
Among magazine articles may be noted W.J. Stillman in the
CENTURY, volume 13; Charles Waldstein in HARPER'S, volume 18;
Justin McCarthy in the GALAXY, volume 13, and Leslie Stephen
in FRAZER'S, volumes 9 and 49.
TENNYSON
The best edition of Tennyson is the Eversley in six volumes,
published by the Macmillans and edited by his son Hallam,
which contains a mass of notes left by the poet and many
explanations of peculiar words and metaphors which the father
gave to the son in discussing his work. This edition also
gives the changes made by the poet in his constant revision of
his works, some of which were not improvements.
A mass of critical commentary and reminiscence has been
published on Tennyson and his poetical work. Among the best of
these volumes are _Tennyson, Ruskin and Mill_, by Frederic
Harrison; _Tennyson and His Friends_, by Mrs. Richmond
Ritchie; _The Homes and Haunts of Tennyson_, by Napier;
_Tennyson, His Art and Relation to Modern Life_, by Stopford
A. Brooke; _The Poetry of Tennyson_, by Henry Van Dyke; the
chapter on Tennyson in Stedman's _Victorian Poets_; a
commentary on Tennyson's _In Memoriam_ by Prof. A.C. Bradley;
_Alfred Tennyson_, by Andrew Lang; _Views and Reviews_, by
W.E. Henley; _Yesterdays With Authors_, by J.T. Fields; _The
Victorian Age_, by Mrs. Oliphant. Dr. Henry Van Dyke
contributed
|