Novels of adventure and manners.--English letter-writing in the nineteenth century.--Thackeray.--The Anglo-Indian novelist.--Heroic poetry.--The works of Lord Byron.--The English utilitarians.--Characteristics of Mr. Swinburne's poetry.--Frontiers ancient and modern.--L'Empire liberal.--Sir Spencer Walpole.--Remarks on the reading of history.--Race and religion.--The state in its relation to Eastern and Western religions.--Index.