Books by Bida D. Scudder.

A LISTENER IN BABEL. Crown 8vo. $1.50.
THE LIFE OF THE SPIRIT IN THE MOD-
ERN ENGLISH POETS. Crown 8vo, $1.75.
SOCIAL IDEALS IN ENGLISH LETTERS.
Crown 8vo, $1.75.

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
Che Riverside Press, Cambridge

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
APR 1954

Copyright, 1895,
BY VIDA D. SCUDDER.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.

I. SCIENCE AND THE MODERN POETS.

1. THE MIGHT OF SCIENCE

Democracy, Science and Art

Evolution as Theme

Evolution as Influence

2. THE FORCE-IDEA

Force in the Poetry of Nature.

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5. DANGERS AND SAFEGUARDS

II. WORDSWORTH AND THE NEW DEMOCRACY

Exponent of the New Order

"Lyrical Ballads" and its Promise

The Experience of Wordsworth a Prophetic