LONDON
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE

The following volumes of kindred interest have already been published in this Library:

43. English Literature: Mediæval. By Prof. W. P. Ker.
13. Mediæval Europe. By H. W. C. Davis, M.A.
45. The English Language. By L. Pearsall Smith, M.A.
35. Landmarks in French Literature. By G. L. Strachey.

First Printed April 1914

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
NOTES ON CHAUCER’S USE OF ‘E’[vi]
[I]CHAUCER’S LIFE AND TIMES[7]
[II]CHAUCER’S WORKS[32]
[III]CHAUCER’S TREATMENT OF HIS SOURCES[69]
[IV]CHAUCER’S CHARACTER-DRAWING[106]
[V]CHAUCER’S HUMOUR[143]
[VI]CHAUCER’S DESCRIPTIVE POWER[173]
[VII]SOME VIEWS OF CHAUCER’S ON MEN AND THINGS[196]
[VIII]CHAUCER’S INFLUENCE[229]
BIBLIOGRAPHY[254]
INDEX[255]