OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE.

INTENDED FOR THE

USE OF HIGH SCHOOLS,

AS WELL AS

A COMPANION AND GUIDE FOR PRIVATE STUDENTS,
AND FOR GENERAL READERS.

BY

FRANCIS H. UNDERWOOD, A. M.

BRITISH AUTHORS.

BOSTON

LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS

10 MILK STREET

1892

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,

BY LEE AND SHEPARD,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN WILSON & SON,

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