Principles of Success in Literature (Barnes & Noble Digital Library‪)‬

This 1891 volume of essays, in the words of its editor, Fred Scott, "is just the work to go into the hands of those that hope and despair of the teacher of rhetoric—the callow young man with a sneaking ambition for literature…"  Lewes examines how such elements as vision, sincerity, beauty, and style determine literary success or failure.