4 preliminary leaves, 11 unnumbered pages-264 pages ; 22 cm
Note
"Continues the story of English readers from 1887--the year which was reached in the author's previous work, The Victorians and their books--to the outbreak of the great war."--Pref.
Contents
ch. 1. After Victorianism -- ch. 2. Books and religion -- ch. 3 Decadents of the 'nineties -- ch. 4 Books from France -- ch. 5. Elder and the younger poets -- ch. 6. Books and social questions -- ch. 7. Books from Russia -- ch. 8 Empire -- ch. 9. Feminists -- ch. 10. Crime fiction -- ch. 11. American books -- ch. 12. Science and romance -- ch. 13. Novels of the 'nineties -- ch. 14. New journalism -- ch. 15. Edwardians -- ch. 16. Persistent Victorians -- ch. 17. 1914.