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Excerpt from English Literature, Vol. 2 of 4: An Illustrated Record; From the Age of Henry VIII to the Age of Milton
The historical treatment of epochs so contrasted cannot be exactly the same. The chief divergence will be found in the slighter notice accorded to inferior writers who would have been welcome, if they had come sooner, and the ample space devoted to those who have made the British literature of the age European, especially its two pre-eminent representatives, Bacon and Shakespeare.
This volume, to the end of the chapters on Shakespeare, is written by the author of vol. I., and thence to the conclusion by the author of vols iii. And iv. The writers desire to record their obligations for literary assistance to Mr. A. W. Pollard and Mr. A. H. Bullen, and for aid in the department of illustration to Mrs. Christie - Miller, of Britwell Park to Mrs. Sydney Pawling to R. R. Holmes, Esq, King's Libra rian, Windsor Castle; and to S. Arthur Strong, Esq., Librarian to the Duke of Devonshire.
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