ABSTRACT
William Watson (1858-1935), poet and critic, fought a rearguard action for the Victorians against such fin de siecle figures as Wilde and Beardsley. A champion of the traditionalist cause in poetry, and defender, as one reviewer wrote, of 'orthodoxy, patriotism, England, home and duty', Watson, unsurprisingly, was not at home in Webster's world. From 'Excursions in Criticism', pp. 1-22.
