nature on the human mind. (_b_) H.D. Thoreau, _Spring_, in "Walden:" 1.
The formative principle in nature. 2. A comparison of Thoreau's attitude
toward nature, as revealed here and in "Walden Pond" (page 306), with
that of Emerson. (_c_) John Burroughs, _The Pastoral Bees_ in "Locusts
and Wild Honey:" The communal life of the bees. (_d_) W.H. Hudson, _The
Perfume of an Evening Primrose_, in "Idle Days in Patagonia:" The
association of phenomena of nature with events in one's life. (_e_)
Leslie Stephen, _Sunset on Mont Blanc_, in "The Playground of Europe:"
An analysis of the circumstances which combined to give this sunset its
peculiar interest. (_f_) John Ruskin, descriptions of _water, sky,
clouds, and foliage_ in "Modern Painters," Vol. I (look up passages
other than those selected for the present volume, page 325): in each
case, distinguish the _chief_ beautiful effect which the author wishes
to bring out.
VIII. CONDUCT AND INNER LIFE
(_a_) William James, _The Will to Believe_, in "The Will to Believe, and
other Essays:" The bearing of religious conviction on volition and
conduct. (_b_) Josiah Royce, _Loyalty to Loyalty_, in "The Philosophy of
Loyalty:" 1. The exact meaning of the title. 2. How the main thesis is
fundamental for _Loyalty and Insight_ (page 365). (_c_) R.W. Emerson,
_The Over-Soul_, in "Essays, First Series:" 1. How the conception here
developed appears again in other essays of Emerson which you have read.
2. How Emerson's attitude toward spiritual truth differs from that of
James; see (_a_), above. (_d_) Josiah Royce, _What is Vital_ in
Christianity? in "William James and Other Essays:" The central thought
as compared with Seeley's (page 351). (_e_) George Santayana, _The
Poetry of Christian Dogma_, in "Poetry and Religion:" The full
significance of the title. (_f_) J.R. Seeley, _Christ's Royalty_, in
"Ecce Homo:" The significance of the term "King" as applied to Christ.
(_g_) G.L. Dickinson, _The Greek View of Religion_, in "The Greek View
of Life:" 1. How the Greek differs from the Christian view. 2. The most
admirable features of the Greek view. (_h_) Walter Pater, _A Study of
Dionysus_, in "Greek Studies:" What Dionysus was symbolic of. (_i_)
William James, _Habit_, in "Psychology," Vol. I: The significance of
habits, tested by your own experience. (_j_) W.E.H. Lecky, _The
Management of Character_, in "The Map of Life:" Specific methods by
which one may mold one's own character.
IX. LITERATURE AND ART
(_a_) George Santayana, _Art and Happiness_, in "The Life of Reason,"
Vol. IV: 1. What is Art? 2. The position of literature among the arts.
3. What art needs at the present day. (_b_) Walter Bagehot, On
_Wordsworth_, in "Essay on Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Browning:" The
nature of pure art. (_c_) Matthew Arnold, _Wordsworth_, in "Essays in
Criticism:" A comparison of Arnold's main thesis in regard to Wordsworth
with Bagehot's; see (_b_) above. (_d_) G.H. Lewes, _The Principle of
Sincerity_, in "The Principles of Success in Literature:" The relation
between sincerity and success in literature. (_e_) Thomas Carlyle,
_Dante_, in "On Heroes and Hero-Worship:" 1. The chief differences
between Dante and Shakespeare (see page 423). 2. How the principle of
sincerity (see (_d_) above) is illustrated in the case of Dante. (_f_)
P.B. Shelley, _Defence of Poetry_: A comparison of Shelley's attitude
toward poetry with Bradley's (page 389). (_g_) G.L. Dickinson, _Chapter
IV_ in the "Greek View of Life" (the part preceding the section
reprinted in the present volume): How the principles determining the
nature of Greek tragedy appear also in the other Greek arts. (_h_) S.H.
Butcher, _What we Owe to Greece_, in "Some Aspects of Greek Genius:"
Ideals we have inherited from the Greeks. (_i_) A.C. Bradley, _The
Substance of Shakespearean Tragedy_, in "Shakespearean Tragedy:" The
conception of the relations between good and evil which appears in
Shakespeare's tragedies. (_j_) Sophocles, _Oedipus Rex_ (translated by
Gilbert Murray): A comparison of the theme of this tragedy with the
theme of Shakespeare's _Richard III, Macbeth, or Lear_.