The English essay and essayists - Hugh Walker

The present book focuses on the critical essays and the development of the form, with reference to the various works of the essayists. The book starts off with the anticipation of the form of writing, gradually covering the aphoristic essayists, the character-writers, the miscellaneous essayists of the 17th century, the Queen Anne essayists, the imitators of Steele and Addison, the transition of the essays from the 18th Century onwards, the early reviewers and magazines of the 19th Century, the historian-essayists, and the essayists in the latter part of the 19th Century.
The book aims primarily at catering to the needs of the students of English literature, however the lucid language and easy-to-follow style makes the book an appealing read for anyone who is interested in the subject.