XXIII. ON WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, HIS LIFE, CHARAC-

TER, AND WORKS

-

XXIV. EXTRACTS FROM SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS, "RICH-

ARD II.;"

""HAMLET ; ""THE TEMPEST

PAGE

129

136

144

XXV. ON THE DRAMATIC POETS WHO LIVED IN SHAKE-

SPEARE'S TIME, -BEN JONSON; BEAUMONT

AND FLETCHER

153

162

XXVI. ON GEORGE CHAPMAN, JOHN WEBSTER, JOHN

MARSTON, AND OTHER DRAMATISTS

XXVII. ON THE SINGERS OF THE GOLDEN AGE OF POET-

Ry, - Donne, WOTTON, WITHER, HERBERT,

AND HERRICK

XXVIII. ON THE SINGERS OF THE Golden Age of POETRY,

-Carew, SUCKLING, Lovelace, Waller

XXX. MILTON'S "COMUS," "PARADISE LOST," AND

"SAMSON AGONISTES'

-

XXXI. ON MILTON'S CONTEMPORARIES, MARVELL, Cow-

LEY, AND BUTLER

185

189

196

201

AND JOHN

XXXIII. ON THE PROSE WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH

CENTURY; JOHN BUNYAN AND HIS "PILGRIM'S

PROGRESS"

XXXIV. ON THE DRAMA OF THE RESTORATION; JOHN

DRYDEN AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES

PART V.

FROM POPE TO WORDSWORTH. 1700 TO 1790.

INTRODUCTORY .

TALK

XXXV. ON ALEXANDER POPE AND HIS SCHOOL OF

POETRY

XXXVI. ON PRIOR, GAY, and ParnelL

XXXVII. ON THE AUTHOR OF ROBINSON Crusoe"

XXXVIII. ON ADDISON AND STEELE, EDITORS OF "THE

PAGE

243

246

251

257

264

XLI.

ENGLISH COMEDY WRITERS,

BRUGH, AND FARQUHAR

-

Congreve, Van-

282

WAKEFIELD"

XLII. A GROUP OF EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POETS, -

YOUNG, THOMSON, AND SHENSTONE .

XLIII. OTHER EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POETS, GRAY,

COLLINS, AKENside, and BeaTTIE

XLIV. ON THE BIRTH OF THE ENgLish Novel: RICH-

ARDSON AND FIELDING.

XLV. THE NOVELISTS SMOLLETT AND STERNE

XLVI. ON DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.

XLVII. ON OLIVER GOLDSMITH AND "THE VICAR OF

XLVIII. ON THE FIRST WOMAN NOVELIST.

XLIX. THE WORK OF THOMAS PERCY AND JAMES

MACPHERSON, AND THE SAD STORY

THOMAS CHATTERTON, THE BOY-POET

L. ON WILLIAM COWPER and Robert BURNS

336

PAGE

TALK

LII. ON WILLiam Wordsworth and Robert SOUTHEY 356

LIII. ON THOMAS CAMPBELL AND TOM MOORE

LIV. ON SIR WALTER SCOTT AND LORD BYRON

LV. ON PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

LVI. ON JOHN KEATS.

LVII. ON SOME FRIENDS OF THE LAKE POETS.

364

374

384

393

401

LVIII. ON SIR WALTER Scott and the WAVERLEY NOVELS 410

INDEX

427

English Literature.

PART I.

BEFORE CHAUCER.

449 TO 1350.