BOOKS I AND II

BY

JOHN MILTON

EDITED FOR HIGH SCHOOL USE

BY

WILLIAM I. CRANE

HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
STEELE HIGH SCHOOL, DAYTON, OHIO

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1920

All rights reserved

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

PREFATORY NOTE

XXV

INTRODUCTION :

Sketch of the Life of Milton

vii

The Conography of the Universe as found in Para-

dise Lost

xvi

Charts to Illustrate Cosmography:

Figure 1

Figure 2

xxvii

Figure 3

xxix

Figure 4

. xxxi

Figure 5

xxxiii

Maps :

Palestine and Jerusalem

Classical References

XXX

Egypt and Arabia

xxxix

Individual Assignments for Research

xl

Suggestive Questions.

xliii

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XXXV

ARGUMENTS OF Books III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X,

XI, XII

83