12 Biographies presented by Gilbert Keith (G.K.) Chesterton Charlotte Brontë 4 William Morris and his School 10 The Optimism of Byron 17 Pope and the Art of Satire 23 Francis 31 Rostand 38 Charles II 44 Stevenson 50 Thomas Carlyle 55 Tolstoy and the Cult of Simplicity 63 Savonarola 74 The Position of Sir Walter Scott 79