FOREWORD.
ORDER OF THE PAGEANT.
Chapter I.
THE DIM PRIMÆVAL WORLD.
Chapter II.
BARDS AND MINSTRELS.
Chapter III.
THE ALPHABET.
Chapter IV.
THE MUSES.
Chapter V.
THE AUGUSTAN AGE.
Chapter VI.
BEOWULF.
Chapter VII.
CÆDMON.
Chapter VIII.
THE VENERABLE BEDE.
Chapter IX.
ALFRED THE GREAT.
Chapter X.
IN THE SCRIPTORIUM.
Chapter XI.
THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND.
Chapter XII.
LAYAMON.
Chapter XIII.
THE CANTERBURY TALES
Chapter XIV.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER.
Chapter XV.
WILLIAM LANGLAND.
Chapter XVI.
FROM GOWER TO MANDEVILLE.
Chapter XVII.
WILLIAM CAXTON.
Chapter XVIII.
SIR THOMAS MORE.
Chapter XIX.
TWO NOBLE FRIENDS.
Chapter XX.
THE FAERY QUEENE.
Chapter XXI.
A MIRACLE PLAY.
Chapter XXII.
THE UNIVERSITY WITS.
Chapter XXIII.
SHAKESPEARE, THE BOY.
Chapter XXIV.
THE STAGE IN SHAKESPEARE'S DAY.
Chapter XXV.
SHAKESPEARE, THE MAN.
Chapter XXVI.
THE VISIONS OF SHAKESPEARE.
Chapter XXVII.
FRANCIS BACON.
Chapter XXVIII.
THE CAVALIER POETS.
Chapter XXIX
JOHN MILTON.
Chapter XXX.
PARADISE LOST.
Chapter XXXI.
JOHN BUNYAN.
Chapter XXXII.
JOHN DRYDEN.
Chapter XXXIII.
DANIEL DEFOE.
Chapter XXXIV.
JOSEPH ADDISON.
Chapter XXXV.
JONATHAN SWIFT.
Chapter XXXVI.
ALEXANDER POPE.
Chapter XXXVII.
THE FATHERS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
Chapter XXXVIII.
THE GREAT CHAM OF LITERATURE.
Chapter XXXIX.
OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
Chapter XL.
COWPER AND CRABBE.
Chapter XLI.
THE AYRSHIRE PLOUGHMAN.
Chapter XLII.
THE WIZARD OF THE NORTH.
Chapter XLIII.
LORD BYRON.
Chapter XLIV.
SHELLEY.
Chapter XLV.
JOHN KEATS.
Chapter XLVI.
THE GENTLE ELIA.
Chapter XLVII.
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE.
Chapter XLVIII.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.
Chapter XLIX.
A GROUP OF WOMEN WRITERS.
Chapter L.
LORD MACAULAY.
Chapter LI.
THE SAGE OF CHELSEA.
Chapter LII.
JOHN RUSKIN.
Chapter LIII.
CHARLES DICKENS.
Chapter LIV.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY.
Chapter LV.
ROBERT BROWNING.
Chapter LVI.
LORD TENNYSON.
THE END.
