A Day-Book of Walter Savage Landor

Walter Savage Landor was a poet, essayist, and editor, who offers a remarkable portrait of one of the most varied minds in Victorian England. His work is characterized by formal diction and careful construction; he was the translator of Homer's Iliad. This book is a compilation of his published essays, letters, journals, speeches, and other writings that span the course of 20 years. The Day-Book contains many of Landor's famous quotations on literature, public speaking, and human nature. From these pages emerges one man's thoughts on life amid often tumultuous times. They were compiled during his lifetime, with selections from his correspondence and journals, essays on poetry and art, literary criticism, and miscellanies.