Res Judicatæ

In this book, Augustine Birrell comments on the celebrated English thinkers and writers from the 17th to 19th century after deeply observing their works.

Contents include:

Samuel Richardson

Edward Gibbon

William Cowper

George Borrow

Cardinal Newman

Matthew Arnold

William Hazlitt

The Letters of Charles Lamb

Authors in Court

Nationality

The Reformation

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