This is a miscellaneous collection of Edith Hamilton essays, published shortly after her death. There are essays on non-classical authors, e.g., Goethe and Corneille. Edith Hamilton's work is consistent, and the themes of her books about the classical world re-occur. The opposition of the classical vs. the romantic is the theme of "These Sad Young Men" in which Aldous Huxley, who was then young, gets gently mocked. I will probably avoid Dylan Thomas and William Faulkner forever if they are really so awful as all that, but Jean Ingelow isn't bad at all.