GIFT OF A. P. Morrison * ^f LITERARYLATEST ESSAYS ADDRESSESAND OF RUSSELL LOWELLJAMES BOSTON AND NEW YORK MIFFLIN ANDHOUGHTON, COMPANY Cfte BitoersiDe CambribgcJ3rcss, 1892 XS BY MABEL LOWELL BURNETT. Alt reserved. rights The Riverside O. S. A.Press, Cambridge, Mass., and Printed H. O. & Co.Electrotyped by Houghton NOTE. in a volume of theTHE followingpublication is in accordance with the inand AddressesEssays tention of their author. Most of them had been him with this end in view. Therevised onlyby is aone of them which there doubt,concerning whether he would have it in its presentpublished "on Richard III." With thisis theform, paper he was not and he hesitated in tosatisfied, regard it. It has seemed to me of interest printing to warrant itsenough publication. The on was in writtenessay Gray large part than ten before it was inmore theyears printed "New Princeton in 1880. TheReview," essay " "on the was written at theAreopagitica request of the Grolier of New for an introClub, York, duction to an edition of the work specially printed for the Club. I am indebted to the Club for per mission to include it in this volume. CHARLES ELIOT NORTON. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 16 1891.November, M107796 CONTENTS. PAGE GRAY 1 SOME LETTERS OF WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR... 43 WALTON 57 " "MILTON S AREOPAGITICA ...<,.. 94 " SHAKESPEARE S RICHARD III ." . . . . . Ill THE STUDY OF MODERN LANGUAGES ....