Shakespeare and Goethe.--Milton's youth.--The three devils: Luther's Milton's, and Goethe's.--Dryden, and the literature of the Restoration.--Dean Swift.--Chatterton: a story of the year 1770.--Wordsworth.--Scottish influence in British literature.--Theories of poetry.--Prose and verse: De Quincey
Notes
The first five essays were later issued in the author's volume: The three devils .