Author:John Churton Collins

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John Churton Collins (1848–1908)

University extension teacher and advocate of the academic study of English literature. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "J. C. C."

John Churton Collins

Works

• Bolingbroke, a historical study; and Voltaire in England (1886) [1]
• Illustrations of Tennyson (1891) [2]
• The study of English literature; a plea for its recognition and organization at the universities (1891) [3]
• Essays and studies (1895) [4]
• Treasury of minor British poetry, selected and arranged with notes (1896) [5]
• Ephemera critica; or, Plain truths about current literature (1902) [6]
• Jonathan Swift; a biographical and critical study (1902) [7]
• Critical essays and literary fragments (1903) [8]
• Studies In Shakepeare (1904) [9]
• Studies In Poetry And Criticism (1905)
• Voltaire, Montesquieu, And Rousseau In England (1908) [10]
• Greek influence on English poetry (1910) [11]
• “Theobald, Lewis,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.

Works about Collins

• The posthumous essays of John Churton Collins (1912) edited by Lawrence Churton Collins
• “Collins, John Churton” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.