OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

CONTAINING

OUTLINES OF THE LITERATURE OF FRANCE
GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN, AND THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WITH

HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND ART NOTES

BY

MAUDE GILLETTE PHILLIPS

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

Copyright, 1885, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

PAGE

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE POEts-Laureate OF ENGLAND

A SCHEDULE OF THE ENGLISH LITERATURE DISCUSSED IN THIS

WORK.

xvi

A SCHEDULE of the GeneRAL TOPICS DISCUSSED UNDER CHAUCER,

SPENSER, ETC.

xvii

A TABLE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CONTEMPORARY LITER-
ATURES OF GREAT BRITAIN, France, GERMANY, ITALY, SPAIN,
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS DISCUSSED UNDER
THEIR RESPECTIVE AGES IN THIS WORK.

Chart facing

I

I

5

Chart facing 20

21

Chart facing 30

31

79

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AGE OF DRYDEN AND THE RESTORATION

A Table of the Age of Dryden and the Restoration

John Dryden

CLASSICAL Age of POPE, ADDISON, AND SWIFT.

A Table of the Classical Age of Pope, etc.