J. H. R.

BIRCHWOOD, JAFFREY, N. H.,

September, 1898.

[CONTENTS]

[PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION]v
[PREFATORY NOTE TO THE FIRST EDITION]vii
[LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIONS].xi
[INTRODUCTORY]1
I. [BIOGRAPHICAL]57
II. [PETRARCH AND HIS LITERARY CONTEMPORARIES]159
III. [THE FATHER OF HUMANISM]225
IV. [TRAVELS]295
V. [POLITICAL OPINIONS; RIENZO AND CHARLES IV]327
VI. [THE CONFLICT OF MONASTIC AND SECULAR IDEALS] 379
VII. [PETRARCH'S CONFESSIONS]411
VIII. [FINALE]455
[INDEX]469

ILLUSTRATIONS