ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY

WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON, PH.D., LL.D.

PRESIDENT OF SMITH COLLEGE

FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

AND

ASHLEY HORACE THORNDIKE, PH.D., L.H.D.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1924

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