PREFACE
THE ENGLISH NOVEL
CHAPTER I
THE FOUNDATION IN ROMANCE
CHAPTER II
FROM LYLY TO SWIFT
CHAPTER III
THE FOUR WHEELS OF THE NOVEL WAIN
CHAPTER IV
THE MINOR AND LATER EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL 7
CHAPTER V
SCOTT AND MISS AUSTEN
CHAPTER VI
THE SUCCESSORS—TO THACKERAY
CHAPTER VII
THE MID-VICTORIAN NOVEL
CHAPTER VIII
THE FICTION OF YESTERDAY—CONCLUSION
INDEX