Andrew Lang 
Essays in Little [PDF ebook] 

A collection of essays on the works of famous authors, including Dumas, Homer, and de Banville.
Including frontispiece portrait of the author.
Contents
Alexandre Dumas – Mr. Stevenson's works – Thomas Haynes Bayly – Theodore de Banville – Homer and the study of Greek – The last fashionable novel – Thackeray – Dickens – Adventures of Buccaneers – The sagas – Charles Kingsley – Charles Lever: his books, adventures and misfortunes – The poems of Sir Walter Scott – John Bunyan – Letter to a young journalist – Mr. Kipling's stories