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A Literary History of the 

 English People 



BY J. J. JUSSERAND. 



VOLUME I 



From the Origins to the Renaissance 



OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



" The execution of the task so far as it has proceeded at present is 

 masterly. M. Jusserand's erudition is vast, but it does not overwhelm his 

 sense of proportion nor distort his fine critical sense. . . . M. Jusserand 

 has many advantages over Taine. His learning and his industry are 

 certainly not less conspicuous, his critical method is less rigid and 

 mechanical, his English sympathies are stronger and based on a much 

 more familiar knowledge of English habits and English modes of thought ; 

 at the same time, like Taine, he is independent of purely English pre- 

 judices, and his literary judgments are those of a citizen of the great 

 republic of letters which knows nothing of national or political boundaries. 

 Altogether, the work is full of a rare attraction." Times. 



" I envy this man his style, his subtlety, his lightness of touch, his 

 thoroughness. ... At last we have or rather shall have when the 

 vork is complete a real History of literature." Dr. AUGUSTUS JESSOPP 

 m the Illustrated London News. 



" M. Jusserand's qualifications for the task which he has undertaken 

 are of a high order. . . . We cordially commend both to English and 

 French readers this brilliant and thoughtful book, and shall look forward 

 with high expectation to the appearance of its successor." Athetueum. 



" We may say, without contradiction, that the marvellous story of our 

 literature in its vital connection with the origin and growth of the English 

 people has never been treated with a greater union of conscientious 

 research, minute scholarship, pleasantness of humour, picturesqueness of 

 style, and sympathetic intimacy." Daily Chronicle. 



" The success which has been attained by M. Jusserand, one of the 

 most accomplished of modern French students of this country, in his 

 latest enterprise is exceedingly remarkable. He brings to the task which 

 he has undertaken not merely a deep erudition, but an extraordinary 

 insight into and sympathy with our national modes of thought and 

 expression." Daily Telegraph. 



''We have no work at once so trustworthy and so captivating. . . . M. 

 Jusserand knows, in a judicial way, what is and what is not evidence 

 and authority ; he is fresh, animated, eager, yet he never speculates with- 

 out a warrant. It is his method that is practically an innovation. ... As 

 we follow his skilful guidance, we see almost in action the making of 

 England, of English character, and of English literature." Speaker. 



LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN. 



