Characteristics of literature
By: illustrated by the genius of distinguished men.
Publisher: Lindsay and Blakiston
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Subjects: Literature, Modern -- History and criticism.
Table of contents: title: The philosopher: Sir Thomas Browne.; title: The dilettante: Shenstone.; title: The moralist: Channing.; title: The wit: Swift.; title: The philanthropist: William Roscoe.; title: The humorist: Charles Lamb.; title: The historian: Macaulay.; title: The idealist: John Sterling.; title: The rhetorician: Burke.; title: The scholar: Mark Akenside.; title: The biographer.; title: Final memorials of Lamb and Keats.