Books by Vida D. Scudder

SOCIALISM AND CHARACTER.
A LISTENER IN BABEL.
THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE MOD.

ERN ENGLISH POETS.
SOCIAL IDEALS IN ENGLISH LETTERS.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

BOSTON AND New YORK

IN ENGLISH LETTERS

BY

VIDA D. SCUDDER

AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE MODERN

ENGLISH POETS"

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

Che Riverside Press, Cambridge

OOPYRIGHT, 1898, BY VIDA D. SCUDDER

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

TO MY MOTHER

H. L. S. AND MY FRIEND

L. H. S.

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