THE OUTLINE OF LITERATURE EDITED BY JOHN DRINKWATER WITH ABOUT 500 ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHICH MANY ARE IN COLOUR IN THREE VOLUMES G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 1923 This One 3DXY-JGR-WJ5Q CONTENTS I. THE FIRST BOOKS IN THE WORLD Scribes and priests-The works of Confucius-Latin literature- Achilles the hero-Helen of Troy-The rank and file-The Iliad -The wrath of Achilles-The forge of Vulcan-The wander- ings of Ulysses-The writing of the Odyssey-Ulysses' adven- III. THE STORY OF THE BIBLE. BY E. W. BARNES, Sc.D., F.R.S., CANON OF WESTMINSTER A book of many books-The Israelites-The people of the Old V. THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST The Vedas of the Brahmans-Thirty-three thousand gods-The castes-A feat of memory-The Buddhist scriptures-The early days of Gautama-The Gospel of Buddha-The Books of Confucius-The literary and religious ideals of China-The Words and phrases-The great god Pan-Mercury's son-Cupid and Psyche The road to ruin--The chariot of the Sun-Stories of the stars-Perseus and Andromeda-Echo and Narcissus- . 163 The Greek spirit-The love of justice, freedom, and truth-The Greek theatre-The dress of actors-Eschylus-Sophocles— The Antigone-Euripides-Aristophanes-Sappho and the Greek Anthology-The Greek orators and historians-Plato— The Roman spirit-Virgil-A national story-Horace-Lu- In darkest Europe-The gradual creation of nationalities-St. Jerome Saint Augustine-The Niebelungen Lied-The Troubadours-Fantastic legends-Dante-Dante and Beatrice —The life of Dante-The Divine Comedy-Froissart's Chron- icles-History of the Fourteenth Century-Chaucer and his contemporaries-The Father of English Poetry-Malory's The new learning-The causes of the awakening-Ariosto and Machiavelli-The influence of Italian Renaissance literature- The Renaissance-Rabelais and Montaigne-Cervantes-Don 273 ILLUSTRATIONS "A READING FROM HOMER," BY SIR LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA Coloured Frontispiece Photo: Rischgitz Collection. PORTION OF THE STORY OF THE DELUGE, FROM A TABLET WHICH Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. ENGRAVING, TAKEN FROM A DRAWING IN GELL'S Pompeiana, CONSIST- FACING PAGE 10 10 FACSIMILE OF THE PAPYRUS INSCRIBED With HierogLYPHIC TEXT OF The 11 Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. PAPYRUS INSCRIBED IN THE HIERATIC CHARACTER WITH AN EGYPTIAN Photo: W. A. Mansell & Co. JEAN MIELOT, A FAMOUS SCHOLAR AND CALLIGRAPHER OF THE MIDDLE 14 15 Photo: Rischgitz Collection. THE VIRGIN AND CHILD ATTENDED BY ANGELS, FROM A COPY OF THE "OFFICES OF THE VIRGIN" 18 |