On the subject of Browning’s work innumerable things have been said and remain to be said; of his life, considered as a narrative of facts, there is little or nothing to say. It was a lucid and public and yet quiet life, which culminated in one great dramatic test of character, and then fell b... more»

This book is meant to be a companion to Heretics and to put the positive side in addition to the negative.... more»

The great Orion Hood’s scientific triumphs had deprived him of many things—some said of his health others of his God; but they had not wholly despoiled him of his sense of the absurd. ... more»

Between the silver ribbon of morning and the green glittering ribbon of sea the boat touched Harwich and let loose a swarm of folk like flies among whom the man we must follow was by no means conspicuous—nor wished to be.... more»