HANDBOOKS

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

EDITED BY PROFESSOR HALES

THE AGE OF TRANSITION

VOL. II

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS PORTUGAL ST. LINCOLN'S INN, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO. BOMBAY : A. H. WHEELER & CO.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

JOHN W. HALES, M.A.

EMERITUS PROfessor of enGLISH LITERATURE AT KING'S college,

LONDON; FORMERLY FELLOW AND NOW HONORARY

FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

LONDON

GEORGE BELL AND SONS

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