ENGLISH LITERATURE 



A Primer of English Literature. By IV. T. Young., M.A., Lecturer in 



Engliih Literature in the University of London, Goldsmiths' College ; 

 Joint Editor of The Cambridge Anthologies. 



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"The study of literature is, rightly, a pursuit in which the faculties are 

 liberated and disciplined by the freshness and variety of imaginative experi- 

 ence, and are made strong and supple so that they learn to enjoy the pleasure 

 of their own activity. The pages of this book attempt to present the 

 outlines of English literature in accordance with this ideal. It is offered as 

 a companion to studies, not as a short cut to a superficial and specious know- 

 ledge of the classics of our language. It does not seek to pronounce any 

 I'lial criticism, or to dictate on matters of judgment or taste; for these are 

 the greatest disservices a teacher can render to a student. Its intention is, 

 lather, to prospect in company with the reader, to unearth and investigate 

 clues with him, to lure his curiosity, and to challenge him to thought. The 

 student will eventually discover that certain periods or writers are more to 

 his taste than others; he will require, above all, bibliographical guidance. 

 This he will find in The Cambridge History of English Literature, to which 

 this Primer may serve as an introduction " — Preface. 



Contents. — Book I. Old English Literature to the Norman Conquest. — Book II. 

 The Middle Ages. — Book III. The Renascence. — Book IV. The Literature of the 

 Middle Classes. — Book V. The Revival of Romance. — Book VI. The Victorian 

 Age. — Appendix. — Index. 



The Cambridge History of English Literature. Edited by Sir A. W. Ward, 

 Litt.D., F.B.A., Master of Peterhouse, and A. R. IValler, M.A., 

 Peterhouse. Volume X, The Age of Johnson. 



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"As a work of reference," says The Observer, "there can be no doubt 

 whatever that the Cambridge History will for many years to come remain 

 indispensable, and no student of English literature who has once made free 

 with a copy will find he is able to get on without a copy of his own." 



Some Press Opinions of Volume X. 



"This is the most striking volume yet issued of a really great history. It has taken 

 the colour of its subject, and every chapter, and the sections as a whole, are well rounded 

 and complete." — The Daily Neius 



"Mr David Nichol Smith's 'Johnson and Boswell ' presents a skilful summary of 

 Johnson's career and work. Mr Nichol Smith is too sound a scholar to fall into a kind 

 of smartness currently regarded as paradox, and too much practised in our time. He 

 makes his points, however, and they are well made. ...The Bibliographies appended to 

 the present volume continue to prove as serviceable to the student as those in previous 

 I'olumes of the Cainbridge History." — T/te Westminster Gaaette 



