Each essay in this 1880 edition of Mixed Essays is on a different subject yet all exhibit “unity of tendency,” in Arnold’s words.

It contains the works "Democracy," "Equality," "Irish Catholicism and British Liberalism," "''Porro unum est Necessarium,''" "A Guide to English Literature," "Falkland," "A French Critic on Milton," "A French Critic on Goethe," and "George Sand."