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Excerpt from The Professorship of English Language and Literature at University College, London
I beg leave to apply for the Professorship of English Language and Literature at University College, now vacant through the retirement of Professor henry morley. Born in 1836, I have now been studying English Literature for upwards of Thirty years; have been continuously printing texts of it for more than Twenty years; have been publicly teaching it for Ten years; and have been a University Examiner in it for Five years. It was at King's College, in the winter of 1857-8, that I was first drawn to the close and continuous study of English Literature by the lectures of Professor morley. Twenty years afterwards, in 1878-81, I had opportunity of professional training under Professor morley at University College; first as Lecturer, and then as Assistant Professor, -of English Language and Literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
