LITERATURES OF THE WORLD. 



Edited by Edmund Gosse, Hon. M. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. 



A succession of attractive volumes dealing with the history of literature in each country. Each volume will 

 contain about three hundred and fifty i2mo pages, and will treat an entire literature, giving a uniform impres- 

 sion of its development, history, and character, and of its relation to previous and to contemporary work. 



Each, i2mo, cloth, $1.50. 



NOW READY. 



A History of Japanese Literature. 



By W. G. Aston, C. M. G., D. Lit., late Japanese Secretary to H. M. Lega- 

 tion, Tokio 



The author begins by defining the individual characteristics of the Japanese which have persisted in their 

 literature in spite of the influences of Chinese civilization and of Buddhism. His historical treatment opens 

 with the songs and Shinto ritual of the archaic period from the fifth to the eighth century. It has been an essen- 

 tial part of the author's plan to include a very large number of translations of verse and prose as illustrations of 

 his discussion of various epochs, tendencies, and genres. While Fitzgerald has made Omar Khayyam univer- 

 sally known, the Tanka of Otomo in praise of sake, which is included among these translations, will be new to 

 almost all readers, and it is safe to say that the book as a whole will introduce the majority of readers to a com- 

 paratively new and fascinating field. The author's discussion of his theme is informing and discriminating 

 throughout. 



A History of Spanish Literature. 



By James Fitzmaurice-Kelly, Member of the Spanish Academy. 



"Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly has done his work well. With his book in hand, no English student need be 

 ignorant of one of the fountain-heads of modern literature, and it is not too much to say that no one can 

 properly understand the process by which our own literature has grown until he has mastered at least the ele- 

 ments of the contributory sources out of which it has been evolved. So far as regards the Spanish well-spring, 

 no better guide can be found in the English language than the work of Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly." — London 

 Chronicle. 



A History of Italian Literature. 



By Richard Garnett, C. B., LL. D., Keeper of Printed Books in the British 

 Museum. 



"This history of Italian literature is a valuable addition to the list of works of its kind. It is written with 

 insight and appreciation, with enthusiasm, yet without lack of poise, and with a plentiful equipment of sound 

 scholarship." — New York Times. 



" Dr. Garnett's book is so excellent, in view of the ground it covers, so critical, so instructive, that, when one 

 finishes it, it is with regret that there was not more of it." — New York Mail and Express. 



A History of Ancient Greek Literature. 



By Gilbert Murray, M. A., Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow. 



" Mr. Murray has produced a book which fairly represents the best conclusions of modern scholarship with 

 regard to the Greeks." — London Times. 



" A powerful and original study." — New York Evening Toxt. 



A History of French Literature. 



By Edward Dowden, D. C. L., LL. D., Professor of English Literature at 

 the University of Dublin. 



" Certainly the best history of French literature in the English language." — London Athenaum. 



A History of Modern English Literature. By the editor. 



" Mr. Gosse's most ambitious book, and probably his best. It bears on every page the traces of a genuine 

 love for his subject, and of a lively critical intelligence. Moreover, it is extremely readable more readable, in 

 fact, than any other single volume dealing with this same vast subject that we can call to mind." London Times. 



"An excellent piece of work." — Boston Herald. 



IN PREPARATION. 



A History of American Literature. By Prof. W. P. Trent, of the University of the South. 



A History of German Literature. 



A History of Hungarian Literature. By Dr. Zoi.tan Beothy, Professor of Hungarian Literature at the 



University of Budapest. 

 A History of Latin Literature. By Dr. Arthur Woolgar Verrall, Fellow and Senior Tutor of Trinity 



College, Cambridge. 

 A History of Modern Scandinavian Literature. By Dr. Georg Brandes, of Copenhagen. 

 A History of Sanscrit Literature. By A. A. Macdonell, M. A., Deputy Boden Professor of Sanscrit at 



the University of Oxford. 



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