Excerpt from Hollingsworth and Modern Poetry: A Critical and Explanatory Essay The greater portion of the following Essay was composed for the purpose of' being read before the Literary Branch of the St. Jamesi Discussion Society. It being afterwards thought advisable to have it published, I considerably extended it, adding several quotations from Hollingsworth's Poems; and hence its present form. The object had in view has been to explain some of the peculiarities hf a'poet, Who although but little known at present bids fair hereafter to occupy a pro minent position in bl'ltlsh Literature. This was all the more necessary as most of his critics had completely misunderstood him. Whether I have succeeded in my task, must be left for the reader to judge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.