ROSSETTI, William Michael, his edition of Shelley’s _Adonais_, 76-83
RUCELLAI, his dramas and his _L’Api_, 124
SAINTE-BEUVE, his essays, 41; on Philologists, 86; his criticism, 270; the master of Matthew Arnold, 281
SAINTSBURY, Prof., his _Short History of English Literature_ reviewed, 93-109
SCHICK, Dr., on Lydgate’s versification, 99
SCHMEDING, Dr. G., his Monograph on Thomson, 318
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AT OXFORD, its deplorable organization, 45-72; how this may be remedied, 73-5
SELF-ADVERTISEMENT, its organization and effects, 158-64
SHAFTESBURY, third Earl of, his style, 117-9
SHAKESPEARE, 62: 81-2; Clarendon Press edition of his _Hamlet_, 84-92; quoted, 154: 158; Mr. Lee’s _Life of_, 211-8; scantiness of traditions of, 213; his sonnets, various theories, 219-20; about difficulties of supposing them autobiographical, 225-6; his relations with Southampton and Pembroke, 228-34; story in the Sonnets probably fictitious, 235; religion of Shakespeare, 351-69; his politics, 352-3; not a Roman Catholic, 352-6; on death, 357-8; silence about a future life, 359, and about metaphysical questions, 360; comparison in this respect with Aristotle, 360; his theology, 362-4; on prayer, 365; on conscience, 366; his attitude to Christianity, 366; when his ethics are Christian, 368; his religious ideas summed up, 368-9
SHELLEY, his _Adonais_, 76-83; absurd criticism of his style, 126
SMART, Christopher, his _Song to David_, 340
SMEATON, Mr. Oliphant, his life of Dunbar reviewed, 183-92
SOPHOCLES, 242; his ethics, 267-9; quoted, 285; his ideal man, 366
SPENSER, Edmund, 112: 113; influence of Greek and Latin Classics on, 120-1; influence of, on Milton, 121; on the functions of poetry, 280
STEVENSON, R. L., _Letters_ reviewed, 165-71
SWIFT, Jonathan, his _Sentiments of a Church of England Man_, 113; _Tale of a Tub_, 144
TACITUS quoted, 20: 192: 254; as a critic, 278-9; on immortality, 360
TENNYSON, Lord, 62: 162-3: 245: 247: 298: 337; as a critic, 252
TEXT-BOOKS on English Literature, specimens of, 76-150
THOMSON, James, 243; quoted, 248; claim to the authorship of _Rule Britannia_ vindicated, 321-8; corrections in the _Seasons_ discussed, 328-34
TOVEY, Rev. D. C., his edition of Thomson’s poems reviewed, 318-34