The secrets of our national literature : chapters in the history of the anonymous and pseudonymous writings of our countrymen / by William Prideaux Courtney.

London : Constable & Co., limited, 1908.

vii, 255 pages ; 22 cm

"The index has been compiled by Miss Olive Crompton" -- Pref

I. Histories of anonymous literature at home and abroad.--II. Anonymous literature at the British museum.--III. Feminine reasons for secrecy.--IV. More veiled ladies.--V. The man in the mask among novelists.--VI. The poet shrinking in anonymity.--VII. The concealed theologian.--VIII. The politician in the dark.--IX. Disguises in miscellaneous literature.--X. Wholesale thefts from others.