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English Literature for Boys and Girls

English Literature
H.E. Marshall

by H.E. Marshall

Chapter I. IN THE LISTENING TIME
Chapter II. THE STORY OF THE CATTLE RAID OF COOLEY
Chapter III. ONE OF THE SORROWS OF STORY-TELLING
Chapter IV. THE STORY OF A LITERARY LIE
Chapter V. THE STORY OF FINGAL
Chapter VI. ABOUT SOME OLD WELSH STORIES AND STORY-TELLERS
Chapter VII. HOW THE STORY OF ARTHUR WAS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH
Chapter VIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE READING TIME
Chapter IX. "THE PASSING OF ARTHUR"
Chapter X. THE ADVENTURES OF AN OLD ENGLISH BOOK
Chapter XI. THE STORY OF BEOWULF
Chapter XII. THE FATHER OF ENGLISH SONG
Chapter XIII. HOW CAEDMON SANG, AND HOW HE FELL ONCE MORE ON SILENCE
Chapter XIV. THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY
Chapter XV. HOW ALFRED THE GREAT FOUGHT WITH HIS PEN
Chapter XVI. WHEN ENGLISH SLEPT
Chapter XVII. THE STORY OF HAVELOK THE DANE
Chapter XVIII. ABOUT SOME SONG STORIES
Chapter XIX. "PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN"
Chapter XX. "PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN" — continued
Chapter XXI. HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO THE PEOPLE
Chapter XXII. CHAUCER—BREAD AND MILK FOR CHILDREN
Chapter XXIII. CHAUCER—"THE CANTERBURY TALES"
Chapter XXIV. CHAUCER—AT THE TABARD INN
Chapter XXV. THE FIRST ENGLISH GUIDE-BOOK
Chapter XXVI. BARBOUR—"THE BRUCE," THE BEGINNINGS OF A STRUGGLE
Chapter XXVII. BARBOUR—"THE BRUCE," THE END OF THE STRUGGLE
Chapter XXVIII. A POET KING
Chapter XXIX. THE DEATH OF THE POET KING
Chapter XXX. DUNBAR—THE WEDDING OF THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE
Chapter XXXI. AT THE SIGN OF THE RED PALE
Chapter XXXII. ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE THEATER
Chapter XXXIII. HOW THE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS
Chapter XXXIV. THE STORY OF EVERYMAN
Chapter XXXV. HOW A POET COMFORTED A GIRL
Chapter XXXVI. THE RENAISSANCE
Chapter XXXVII. THE LAND OF NOWHERE
Chapter XXXVIII. THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MORE
Chapter XXXIX. HOW THE SONNET CAME TO ENGLAND
Chapter XL. THE BEGINNING OF BLANK VERSE
Chapter XLI. SPENSER—THE "SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"
Chapter XLII. SPENSER—THE "FAERY QUEEN"
Chapter XLIII. SPENSER—HIS LAST DAYS
Chapter XLIV. ABOUT THE FIRST THEATERS
Chapter XLV. SHAKESPEARE—THE BOY
Chapter XLVI. SHAKESPEARE—THE MAN
Chapter LXVII. SHAKESPEARE—"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"
Chapter XLVIII. JONSON—"EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR"
Chapter XLIX. JONSON—"THE SAD SHEPHERD"
Chapter L. RALEIGH—"THE REVENGE"
Chapter LI. RALEIGH—"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"
Chapter LII. BACON—NEW WAYS OF WISDOM
Chapter LIII. BACON—THE HAPPY ISLAND
Chapter LIV. ABOUT SOME LYRIC POETS
Chapter LV. HERBERT—THE PARSON POET
Chapter LVI. HERRICK AND MARVELL—OF BLOSSOMS AND BOWERS
Chapter LVII. MILTON—SIGHT AND GROWTH
Chapter LVIII. MILTON—DARKNESS AND DEATH
Chapter LIX. BUNYAN—"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
Chapter LX. DRYDEN—THE NEW POETRY
Chapter LXI. DEFOE—THE FIRST NEWSPAPERS
Chapter LXII. DEFOE—"ROBINSON CRUSOE"
Chapter LXIII. SWIFT—THE "JOURNAL TO STELLA"
Chapter LXIV. SWIFT—"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS"
Chapter LXV. ADDISON—THE "SPECTATOR"
Chapter LXVI. STEELE—THE SOLDIER AUTHOR
Chapter LXVII. POPE—THE "RAPE OF THE LOCK"
Chapter LXVIII. JOHNSON—DAYS OF STRUGGLE
Chapter LXIX. JOHNSON—THE END OF THE JOURNEY
Chapter LXX. GOLDSMITH—THE VAGABOND
Chapter LXXI. GOLDSMITH—"THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD"
Chapter LXXII. BURNS—THE PLOWMAN POET
Chapter LXXIII. COWPER—"THE TASK"
Chapter LXXIV. WORDSWORTH—THE POET OF NATURE
Chapter LXXV. WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE—THE LAKE POETS
Chapter LXXVI. COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY—SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
Chapter LXXVII. SCOTT—THE AWAKENING OF ROMANCE
Chapter LXXVIII. SCOTT—"THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH"
Chapter LXXIX. BYRON—"CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE"
Chapter LXXX. SHELLEY—THE POET OF LOVE
Chapter LXXXI. KEATS—THE POET OF BEAUTY
Chapter LXXXII. CARLYLE—THE SAGE OF CHELSEA
Chapter LXXXIII. THACKERAY—THE CYNIC?
Chapter LXXXIV. DICKENS—SMILES AND TEARS
Chapter LXXXV. TENNYSON—THE POET OF FRIENDSHIP

Chapter I. IN THE LISTENING TIME ›

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