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CHAPTER I.

The Stuart Line.

James I.

Walter Raleigh.

Nigel and Harrison.

A London Bride.

Ben Jonson again.

An Italian Reporter.

Shakespeare and the Globe.

CHAPTER II.

Gosson and Other Puritans.

King James’ Bible.

Shakespeare.

Shakespeare’s Youth.

Family Relations.

Shakespeare in London.

Work and Reputation.

His Thrift and Closing Years.

CHAPTER III.

Webster, Ford, and Others.

Massinger, Beaumont, and Fletcher.

King James and Family.

A New King and some Literary Survivors.

Wotton and Walton.

George Herbert.

Robert Herrick.

Revolutionary Times.

CHAPTER IV.

King Charles and his Friends.

Jeremy Taylor.

A Royalist and a Puritan.

Cowley and Waller.

John Milton.

Milton’s Marriage.

The Royal Tragedy.

Change of Kings.

Last Days.

CHAPTER V.

Charles II. and his Friends.

Andrew Marvell.

Author of Hudibras.

Samuel Pepys.

A Scientist.

John Bunyan.

CHAPTER VI.

Three Good Prosers.

John Dryden.

The London of Dryden.

Later Poems and Purpose.

John Locke.

End of the King and Others.

CHAPTER VII.

Kings Charles, James, and William.

Some Literary Fellows.

A Pamphleteer.

Of Queen Anne.

An Irish Dragoon.

Steele’s Literary Qualities.

Joseph Addison.

Sir Roger De Coverley.

CHAPTER VIII.

Royal Griefs and Friends.

Builders and Streets.

John Gay.

Jonathan Swift.

Swift’s Politics.

His London Journal.

In Ireland Again.

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