Preface by Charles Lee Lewes. Some essay titles include: German Wit: Heinrich Heine; Evangelical Teaching: Dr. Cumming; The Influence of Rationalism: Lecky's History; The Natural History of Germany Life: Riehl; Three Months in Weimar. Leaves from a Note-Book include: Authorship; Judgments on Authors; Story-telling; Historic Imagination; Value in Originality, etc.