English Literature For Boys and Girls

H.E. Marshall
English Literature For Boys and Girls
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Title: English Literature For Boys And Girls
Author: H.E. Marshall
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H.E. Marshall

English Literature


Chapter I
IN THE LISTENING TIME


Chapter II
THE STORY OF THE CATTLE RAID OF COOLEY


Chapter III
ONE OF THE SORROWS OF STORY-TELLING


Chapter IV
THE STORY OF A LITERARY LIE


Chapter V
THE STORY OF FINGAL


Chapter VI
ABOUT SOME OLD WELSH STORIES AND STORY-TELLERS


Chapter VII
HOW THE STORY OF ARTHUR WAS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH


Chapter VIII
THE BEGINNING OF THE READING TIME


Chapter IX

"THE PASSING OF ARTHUR"


Chapter X
THE ADVENTURES OF AN OLD ENGLISH BOOK


Chapter XI
THE STORY OF BEOWULF


Chapter XII
THE FATHER OF ENGLISH SONG


Chapter XIII
HOW CAEDMON SANG, AND HOW HE FELL ONCE MORE ON SILENCE


Chapter XIV
THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY


Chapter XV
HOW ALFRED THE GREAT FOUGHT WITH HIS PEN


Chapter XVI
WHEN ENGLISH SLEPT


Chapter XVII
THE STORY OF HAVELOK THE DANE


Chapter XVIII

ABOUT SOME SONG STORIES


Chapter XIX
"PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN"


Chapter XX
"PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN" -- continued


Chapter XXI
HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO THE PEOPLE


Chapter XXII
CHAUCER--BREAD AND MILK FOR CHILDREN


Chapter XXIII
CHAUCER--"THE CANTERBURY TALES"


Chapter XXIV
CHAUCER--AT THE TABARD INN


Chapter XXV
THE FIRST ENGLISH GUIDE-BOOK


Chapter XXVI
BARBOUR--"THE BRUCE," THE BEGINNINGS OF A STRUGGLE


Chapter XXVII

BARBOUR--"THE BRUCE," THE END OF THE STRUGGLE


Chapter XXVIII
A POET KING


Chapter XXIX
THE DEATH OF THE POET KING


Chapter XXX
DUNBAR--THE WEDDING OF THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE


Chapter XXXI
AT THE SIGN OF THE RED PALE


Chapter XXXII
ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE THEATER


Chapter XXXIII
HOW THE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKS


Chapter XXXIV
THE STORY OF EVERYMAN


Chapter XXXV
HOW A POET COMFORTED A GIRL


Chapter XXXVI

THE RENAISSANCE


Chapter XXXVII
THE LAND OF NOWHERE


Chapter XXXVIII
THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MORE


Chapter XXXIX
HOW THE SONNET CAME TO ENGLAND


Chapter XL
THE BEGINNING OF BLANK VERSE


Chapter XLI
SPENSER--THE "SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"


Chapter XLII
SPENSER--THE "FAERY QUEEN"


Chapter XLIII
SPENSER--HIS LAST DAYS


Chapter XLIV
ABOUT THE FIRST THEATERS


Chapter XLV

SHAKESPEARE--THE BOY


Chapter XLVI
SHAKESPEARE--THE MAN


Chapter LXVII
SHAKESPEARE--"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"


Chapter XLVIII
JONSON--"EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR"


Chapter XLIX
JONSON--"THE SAD SHEPHERD"


Chapter L
RALEIGH--"THE REVENGE"


Chapter LI
RALEIGH--"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"


Chapter LII
BACON--NEW WAYS OF WISDOM


Chapter LIII
BACON--THE HAPPY ISLAND


Chapter LIV

ABOUT SOME LYRIC POETS


Chapter LV
HERBERT--THE PARSON POET


Chapter LVI
HERRICK AND MARVELL--OF BLOSSOMS AND BOWERS


Chapter LVII
MILTON--SIGHT AND GROWTH


Chapter LVIII
MILTON--DARKNESS AND DEATH


Chapter LIX
BUNYAN--"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"


Chapter LX
DRYDEN--THE NEW POETRY


Chapter LXI
DEFOE--THE FIRST NEWSPAPERS


Chapter LXII
DEFOE--"ROBINSON CRUSOE"


Chapter LXIII

SWIFT--THE "JOURNAL TO STELLA"


Chapter LXIV
SWIFT--"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS"


Chapter LXV
ADDISON--THE "SPECTATOR"


Chapter LXVI
STEELE--THE SOLDIER AUTHOR


Chapter LXVII
POPE--THE "RAPE OF THE LOCK"

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