Narrated in connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of his time. Vol. 1. 8vo. with Portraits, 18s.
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BRITISH NOVELISTS AND THEIR STYLES;
Being a critical sketch of the History of British Prose Fiction. Crown 8vo. cloth, 7s. 6d.
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ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL.
Chiefly on English Poets. By DAVID MASSON. 8vo. cloth, 12s. 6d.
| I. | SHAKESPEARE AND GOETHE. |
| II. | MILTON’S YOUTH. |
| III. | THE THREE DEVILS: LUTHER’S, MILTON’S, AND GOETHE’S. |
| IV. | DRYDEN, AND THE LITERATURE OF THE RESTORATION. |
| V. | DEAN SWIFT. |
| VI. | CHATTERTON: A STORY OF THE YEAR 1770. |
| VII. | WORDSWORTH. |
| VIII. | SCOTTISH INFLUENCE ON BRITISH LITERATURE. |
| IX. | THEORIES OF POETRY. |
| X. | PROSE AND VERSE: DE QUINCEY. |