ENGLISH WRITERS

English Writers.

By Prof. HENRY MORLEY.

Vol. I. FROM THE BEGINNING TO BEOWULF.

II.

III.

IV.

FROM CADMON TO THE CONQUEST.

FROM THE CONQUEST TO CHAUCER.

THE LITERATURE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (Part I.).
V. THE LITERATURE OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY (Part II.).
VI. FROM CHAUCER TO CAXTON.
VII.-FROM CAXTON TO COVERDALE.

VIII. FROM SURREY TO SPENSER.

IX.-SPENSER AND HIS TIME.

The next volume will be:

X.-SHAKESPEARE AND HIS TIME.

A First Sketch of English Literature.

From

the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By Prof. HENRY MORLEY. Twenty-sixth Thousand.

Library of English Literature.

Edited by Prof.

HENRY MORLEY. Complete in 5 Volumes. With 630 Illustrations from old MSS., Books, Pictures, and Sculptures.

Vol. I.-SHORTER ENGLISH POEMS.

II.-ILLUSTRATIONS OF ENGLISH RELIGION.
III.-ENGLISH PLAYS.

IV.-SHORTER WORKS IN ENGLISH PROSE.

V.-SKETCHES OF LONGER WORKS IN ENGLISH VERSE AND PROSE.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED, Ludgate Hill, London.

AN ATTEMPT TOWARDS

A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY

HENRY MORLEY

LL.D. EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATUKE
AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

IX

SPENSER AND HIS TIME

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1892

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