Published from the Fortnightly review, the Pilot, the Nineteenth century, the author's chapters in European history, and his Ancient religion and modern thought.

What was Shakespeare's religion?--The mission of Tennyson.--A grand old pagan [Walter Savage Landor]--A French Shakespeare [Honoré de Balzac]--A nineteenth-century Savonarola [Félicité de Lamennais]--Cardinal Wiseman's life and work.--The meaning of Tractarianism.--Concerning ghost stories.--The theory of the ludicrous.