AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POEMS OF TENNYSON BY HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN BOSTON, U.S.A., AND LONDON GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS The Athenæum Press PREFACE THE essays here presented were prepared to accompany a volume of select poems of Tennyson in the Athenæum Press Series. My object in writing them was to show the growth of the poet's mind and art, the methods which he followed, the variety of his work, and the chief qualities which mark his poetry. Studies of this kind may have an interest, and possibly some value, for students of English verse in general. For this reason I may say with this hope with a few changes, in this little volume. AVALON, August 1, 1903. they are printed, HENRY VAN DYKE. |