The Literary History of England in the End of the Eighteenth and Beginning of the Ninetheenth Century

THE

LITERARY HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND

IN THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND BEGINNING

OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

BY MRS. OLIPHANT
AUTHOR OF 'MAXERS OF FLORENCE,' ETC.

"Reading maketh a full man."-BACON, On Study.

"A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit embalmed and
treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life."-MILTON, Areopagitica.
"Je ne voyage sans livres, ny en paix, ny en guerre. C'est la meilleure munition
que j'aye trouvé à cet humain voyage."-MONTAIGNE, Livre iii. Chap. iii.
"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind." - ADDISON,

Spectator.