STUDIES IN POETRY AND

CRITICISM

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CRITICISM

BY

JOHN CHURTON COLLINS
(PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY

OF BIRMINGHAM)

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SIR OLIVER LODGE,

WHOSE SYMPATHIES EXTEND EVEN TO TRIFLES

LIKE THESE, THIS VOLUME

IS INSCRIBED.