English Literature For Boys and Girls 
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Title: English Literature For Boys And Girls 
Author: H.E. Marshall 
Release Date: May, 2004 [EBook #5725] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of 
schedule] [This file was first posted on August 17, 2002] 
Edition: 10 
Language: English 
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ENGLISH LITERATURE *** 
 
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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