A BOOK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

ENGLISH LITERATURE

SELECTED AND EDITED

BY

FRANKLYN BLISS SNYDER, PH. D.

ASSOCIATE PROFessor of engliSH IN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

AND

ROBERT GRANT MARTIN, PH. D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

PART I

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1916

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