Contents -- PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM. -- Chapter I-VICTOR HUGO'S ROMANCES -- Chapter II-SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS -- YOUTH. -- THE LOVE STORIES. -- DOWNWARD COURSE. -- WORKS. -- Chapter III-WALT WHITMAN -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- VI. -- Chapter IV-HENRY DAVID THOREAU: HIS CHARACTER AND OPINIONS -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- Chapter V-YOSHIDA-TORAJIRO -- Chapter VI-FRANCOIS VILLON, STUDENT, POET, AND HOUSEBREAKER -- A WILD YOUTH. -- A GANG OF THIEVES. -- VILLON AND THE GALLOWS. -- THE LARGE TESTAMENT. -- Chapter VII-CHARLES OF ORLEANS -- I. -- II. -- III. -- IV. -- V. -- Chapter VIII-SAMUEL PEPYS -- THE DIARY. -- A LIBERAL GENIUS. -- RESPECTABILITY. -- Chapter IX-JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN -- I.-THE CONTROVERSY ABOUT FEMALE RULE. -- II.-PRIVATE LIFE.