"We know of no volume better fitted to give a general conception of our literature than this."—The Spectator.

"A really useful account of the whole process of evolution in English letters.... Full of insight and serenity of judgment."—The Athenæum.

A History of French Literature.

By Edward Dowden, D. C. L., LL. D., Professor of English Literature in the University of Dublin.

"Certainly the best history of French literature in the English language."—The Athenæum.

"This is a history of literature as histories of literature should be written. The more closely one looks into this book, the more clearly is it seen how much thought, how much mental selection, as well as how much reading, have gone to the making of these picturesque portraits of writers."—The Saturday Review.

A History of Ancient Greek Literature.

By Gilbert Murray, M. A., Professor of Greek in the University of Glasgow.

"A sketch to which the much-abused word 'brilliant' may be justly applied."—The Times.

"The book is brilliant and stimulating, while its freshness of treatment and recognition of the latest German research amply justify its existence. Professor Murray has made these old Greek bones live."—The Athenæum.