...value of just criticism which is defined by Mr. Arnold — one of the ablest of living critics — as " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." * Although the critical is secondary to the creative faculty, it has nevertheless a...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...one of the finest living critics, is this : — While acknowledging most freely that Criticism is an endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world, I dispute the appropriateness of Mr. Matthew Arnold's qualification when he calls it...

...art of judging well, but rather the business of passing judgment. Matthew Arnold defines criticism as "a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world;" but although this definition fits in well enough with a lofty view of the functions...

...given us a definition of criticism. According to Matthew Arnold's well-known formula, criticism is " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." Taine says : " The critic is the naturalist of the soul. He accepts its various forms...

...given us a definition of criticism. According to Matthew Arnold's well-known formula, criticism is " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world." Taine says : " The critic is the naturalist of the soul. He accepts its various forms...

...the influence of which much of the spirit of current criticism may be traced. Defining criticism as "a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world," Mr. Arnold spared no pains to make critics feel that their duty is " to see things as...

...hexameter. The " Essays in Criticism," a collection of articles and lectures, appeared in 1865 ; " a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world," as he himself denned them. Mr. Arnold was re-elected at the end of his five years, and...

...English hexameter. The " Essays in Criticism," a collection of articles and lectures, appeared in 1865; "a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world," as he himself defined them. Mr. Arnold was re-elected at the end of his five years,...