Adventures Among Books

Here we have Mr. Lang at his best. . . . The recollections, perhaps, are the best things in the book - of Stevenson, Dr. John Brown, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, all sympathetic, delicate, and perceptive in criticism, reticent to the point of shyness. But the lighter literary essays have that elusive humour of which we have spoken, even in a greater degree than the recollections, and in the " The Boy " Mr. Lang is almost rollicking - for Mr. Lang.This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.Contents:PrefaceChapter I: Adventures Among BooksChapter Ii: Recollections Of Robert Louis StevensonChapter Iii: Rabs FriendChapter Iv: Oliver Wendell HolmesChapter V: Mr. Morriss PoemsChapter Vi: Mrs. Radcliffes NovelsChapter Vii: A Scottish Romanticist Of 1830Chapter Viii: The Confessions Of Saint AugustineChapter Ix: SmollettChapter X: Nathaniel HawthorneChapter Xi: The Paradise Of PoetsChapter Xii: Paris And HelenChapter Xiii: Enchanted CigarettesChapter Xiv: Stories And Story-Telling (From Strath Naver)Chapter Xv: The Supernatural In FictionChapter Xvi: An Old Scottish Psychical ResearcherChapter Xvii: The BoyFootnotes