Literary Studies Volume 2, of 2

Reproduction of the original, first published in 1902. Early 20th-century collection of Walter Bagehot's literary essays, offering witty portraits of historians, poets, and novelists that blend biography with analysis of style, culture, religion, and politics. The opening essay on Edward Gibbon traces his education, conversion, and militia service, then assesses the grand style and research of The Decline and Fall, noting its neglect of common life and the inner religious spirit of Rome.