About the Author
Arthur Compton-Rickett (1869-1937) wrote A History of English Literature (1918); A Primer of English Literature (1925); The English Renascence to the Romantic Revival 1650-1780; Lost Chords: Some Emotions Without Morals; Personal Forces in Modern Literature (1906); and William Morris, A Study in Personality (1913). He also co-edited the letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne.
