A BOOK OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

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ENGLISH LITERATURE

SELECTED AND EDITED

BY
FRANKLYN BLISS SNYDER, Ph. D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

AND

ROBERT GRANT MARTIN, PH. D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

PART I

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1916

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