THE UNIVERSITY SERIES 



OUTLINES OF ENGLISH LITERATURE 



By William Renton, Lecturer to the Scottish Uni- 

 versities. i2mo, with Diagrams, $i.oo net. 



Contents: First Period [600-1600], pages g-i 12: I. The 

 Old English Metric and Chronicle [600-1350], a. Anglo- 

 Saxon; b. Anglo-Norman — II. Thg Renascence [1350-1500] 

 —III. The Reformation [1550-1600]— IV. The Romantic 

 Drama [1550-1650]. Second Period [1600-1900], pages 

 132-232 — V. The Serious Age [1600-1700] — VI. The Age of 

 Gaiety [1650-1750] — VII. The Sententious Age [1700-1800] — 

 VIII. The Sympathetic Age [1800-1900] — Appendix: Litera- 

 ture of America [1600-igoo] — Index : Conspectus of British 

 and American Poetry. 



The general arrangement of the book and valuable diagrams showing 

 the division of literature according to ages and characteristics combine to 

 make this manual especially fitted to use in the class-room. 



Criticism is supplemented by exposition, with extracts to exhibit the 

 fashion of a period, or the style of a master. The number of authors 

 indicates the importance of a period, and intrinsic power the importance 

 of an author. American literature is considered as a part of the whole, 

 but a brief summary of its history and general characteristics is also given. 



THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BEAUTIFUL 



By William Knight, Professor of Philosophy in the 

 University of St. Andrews. In two parts. i2mo, 

 each $1.00 net. 



(Part I. Its History.) Contents : Introductory — Pre- 

 historic Origins — Oriental Art and Speculation — The Phil- 

 osophy of Greece — The Neoplatonists — The Graeco-Roman 

 Period — Medisevalism — The Philosophy of Germany — of 

 France — of Italy — of Holland — of Britain — of America. 



(Part II. Its Theory and Its Relation to the Arts.) 

 Contents: I. Prolegomena — II. The Nature of Beauty — III. 

 The Ideal and the Real — IV. Inadequate or Partial Theories 

 of Beauty — V. Suggestions towards a more Complete Theory 

 of Beauty — VI. Art, Its Nature and Functions — VII. The 

 Correlation of the Arts — VIII. Poetry, a. Definitions and 

 Distinctions ; b. Theories of Poetry ; c. A Suggestion ; d. The 

 Origin of Poetry — IX. Music, a. Its Nature and Essence ; b. 

 The Alliance of Music with Poetry and the other Arts ; c. 

 The Origin of Music — X. Architecture — XI. Sculpture — XII. 

 Painting — XIII. Dancing — Appendix A : Russian Aesthetic 

 — Appendix B : Danish Aesthetic. 



