A

COMPENDIUM

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE,

CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGEL,

FRON

SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE

TO

WILLIAM COWPER.

CONSISTING OF

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF TUE AUTHORS, SELECTIONS FROM THEIR
WORKS, WITH NOTES, EXPLANATORY, ILLUSTRATIVE, AND

DIRECTING TO THE BEST EDITIONS AND TO

VARIOUS CRITICISMS.

DESIGNED AS A TEXT-BOOK FOR THE HIGHEST CLASSES IN SCHOOLS AND POR JUNIOR CLASSES

COLLEGES, AS WELL AS FOR PRIVATE READING.

STITIOTYPE EDITION.

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