Part 1

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FIGURES OF SEVERAL CENTURIES

ARTHUR SYMONS

LONDON CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD 1917

First published, December 1916.

Reprinted, January, June 1917.

JOSEPH CONRAD

WITH A FRIEND'S ADMIRATION

CONTENTS

PAGE SAINT AUGUSTINE 1

CHARLES LAMB 13

VILLON 37

CASANOVA AT DUX 41

JOHN DONNE 80

EMILY BRONTE 109

EDGAR ALLAN POE 115

THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES 122

GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 130

GEORGE MEREDITH AS A POET 141

ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE 153

DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI 201

A NOTE ON THE GENIUS OF THOMAS HARDY 207

LEON CLADEL 216

HENRIK IBSEN 222

JORIS-KARL HUYSMANS 268

TWO SYMBOLISTS 300

CHARLES BAUDELAIRE 310

WALTER PATER 316