IN

ENGLISH LITERATURE

BEING

TYPICAL SELECTIONS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN
AUTHORSHIP, FROM SHAKESPEARE

TO THE PRESENT TIME

TOGETHER WITH

DEFINITIONS, NOTES, ANALYSES, AND GLOSSARY

AS AN AID TO
SYSTEMATIC LITERARY STUDY

FOR USE IN
HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES

SEMINARIES, &c.

BY WILLIAM SWINTON

AUTHOR OF
** HARPER'S LANGUAGE SERIES" AND GOLD MEDALLIST

PARIS EXPOSITION 1878

WITH PORTRAITS

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE