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IOGEAPHIA BEITANNICA LITEEAEIA, or Bio- 

 graphy of Literary Characters of Great Britain and Ireland. ANGLO- 

 SAXON PERIOD. By Thomas Wright, M.A., F.S.A., &c., Membre dc 

 1'Institut de France. Thick 8vo, cloth, 6s. (original price 12s.) 



_ _ ---- THE ANGKLO-NOEMAN PEEIOD. Thick 8vo, 

 cloth, 6s. (original price 12s.) Published under the superintendence of the Council 

 of the lloyal Society of Literature. 

 There is no work in the English Language sive and connected History of the Litera- 

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LITEEATUEE OF THE TEOUBADOUES. Histoire de la Poesie 

 Provencale, par M. Fauriel, public" par J. Mohl, Membre de 1'Institut de France. 

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CUESOEY NOTES on Various Passages in the Text of Beaumont and 



Fletcher, as edited by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, and on his "Few Notes on Shakes- 

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HISTOEICAL SKETCHES of the Angling Literature of all Nations. 

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ESSAYS ON THE LITEEATUEE, Popular Superstitions, and His- 



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CONTENTS : Essay 1. Anglo-Saxon Poetry 



2. Anglo-Norman Poetry 3. Chansons 



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5. Anglo- Latin poets of the twelfth ceh- 



Friar Rush and the frolicsome Elves 11. 

 Dunlop's History of Fiction 12. History 

 and transmission of popular stories 13. 

 Poetry of history 14. Adventures of Here- 



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WOETHIES OF WESTMORELAND, or Biographies of notable 

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