Irving Babbitt was a giant of American criticism

I: Outlook and Overview; What I Believe; The Terms Classic and Romantic; The Rational Study of the Classics; II: The Life of Literature; English and the Discipline of Ideas; Form and Expression; Romantic Love; Matthew Arnold; Joubert; III: Ideas and the World; Democracy and Standards; Madame De StaëL; Lights and Shades of Spanish Character; Buddha and the Occident; Reference Notes