LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Page Page Illumination-Monk writing, 1 | Autograph of Sir Philip Sidney, 232 View of St Lawrence Church, 434 Chair of Bede, 3 Portrait of Richard Hooker, 235 Portrait of Dr Robert South, 441 Illumination-a Minstrel, 8 Portrait of Lord Bacon, 239 View of Islip Church, 441 Portrait of Chaucer, 12 Autograph of Bacon, 239 Portrait of Richard Baxter, 454 Chaucer's Tomb, 14 Monument of Bacon, 241 View of Ury House, 461 Tabard Inn, Southwark, 14 Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, 244 Portrait of John Bunyan, 466 Portrait of Gower, 24 Autograph of Raleigh, 244 View of the Birthplace of Bunyan, 467 Cathedral of Aberdeen, 25 View of Hayes Farm, the Birthplace Portrait of Lord Clarendon, 475 View of Lochleven, 28 of Raleigh, 244 View of Dunkirk House, the London Portrait of Wickliffe, 35 Stow's Monument in the church of residence of Lord Clarendon, 476 Chair of Wickliffe, 35 St Andrew under Shaft, London, 249 Portrait of Gilbert Burnet, 486 Illumination-Early Printing-Office, 36 Portrait of James Howell, 255 Portrait of Sir William Temple, 501 Portrait of James I. of Scotland, 36 Autograph of Howell, 256 Portrait of John Locke, 508 View of Dunkeld Cathedral, 44 Portrait of William Camden, 262 Autograph of Locke, 508 Portrait of Howard, Earl of Surrey, 46 Autograph of Camden, 262 View of the Birth place of Locke, 509 Portrait of Sir David Lyndsay, 49 Portrait of Thomas May, 264 Seal of Locke, 510 Portrait of William Caxton, 55 Portrait of Thomas Hobbes, 266 Portrait of the Honourable Robert Portrait of Sir Thomas More, 59 Portrait of Robert Burton, 272 Boyle, 516 Autograph of Sir Thomas More, 59 Tomb of Burton, 274 Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton, 521 Bust of John Leland, 69 Portrait of John Selden, 282 View of the Birthplace of Newton, 521 Portrait of William Tyndale, 73 Autograph of Selden, 282 Portrait of Thomas Rymer, 527 Portrait of Sir John Cheke, 74 View of the House of Selden, 283 Portrait of Sir George Mackenzie, 530 Autograph of Roger Ascham, 76 Portrait of Archbishop Usher, 285 Monument of Sir George Mackenzie, Illumination--Spenser introduced Portrait of William Chillingworth, 285 Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, 530 wy Sydney to Elizabeth, 79 Portrait of Jeremy Taylor, 290 Illuinination-Rape of the Lock, 034 Portrait of Thomas Sackville, 80 Portrait of Sir Thomas Browne, 298 | Portrait of Matthew Prior, 535 Portrait of Edmund Spenser, 86 Portrait of John Knox, 303 Autograph of Prior, 535 View of Kilcolman Castle, 87 View of the Birthplace of Knox, 303 Portrait of Joseph Addison, 5-10 Portrait of Michael Drayton, 99 Portrait of Archbishop Spottiswood, 306 Autograph of Addison, 540 Portrait of Sir Henry Wotton, 104 Illumination-Milton Dictating to View of Addison's Walk, Magdalen Monumental Effigy of Dr Donne, 110 his Daughter, 312 College, Oxford, 541 View of Penshurst, 114 Portrait of Abraham Cowley, - 312 View of Holland House, 542 View of Norwich Cathedral, 116 | Autograph of Cowley, 312 Portrait of Jonathan Swift, 545 Portrait of Francis Beaumont, 119 View of the House of Cowley, 313 Autograph of Swift, 545 Portrait of George Herbert, 131 View of the Poets' Corner, West View of the Tomb of Swift in DubBust of Robert Herrick, minster Abbey, 547 Autograph of Robert Herrick, 139 Portrait of Edmund Waller, 325 Portrait of Alexander Pope, 554 View of the Birthplace of Randolph, 145 View of Waller's Tomb, 326 Autograph of Pope, Portrait of Sir William Davenant, 146 Portrait of John Milton, 328 View of Pope's Villa, Twickenham, 555 View of Lethington Castle, 155 View of Ludlow Castle, 329 Portrait of John Gay, 570 View of Logie Kirk, 156 View of Milton's Cottage at Chal- Autograph of Gay, 570 View of Falkland Palace, 157 576 View of the House of the Earl of Fac-simile of Milton's Second Re Autograph of Somerville, 580 Stirling, 158 ceipt to Simmons, 330 Urn erected by Shenstone to SomerPortrait of Drummond of HawView of the Remains of Milton's ville, 581 thornden, 158 House at Forest Hill, 335 Portrait of Allan Ramsay, 582 View of Hawthornden, the seat of Portrait of Andrew Marvell, 343 Autograph of Ramsay, 582 Drummond, 159 Portrait of Samuel Butler, 345 View of Ramsay Lodge, 583 Portrait of Buchanan, 161 View of Rose Street, London, in Portrait of Nicholas Rowe, 590 Autograph of Buchanan, 161 which Butler died, 346 Autograph and Seal of Vanbrugh, 597 View of Gray's Inn Hall, 164 Portrait of John Dryden, 360 Illumination-Steele Writing the View of Globe Theatre, 165 Autograph of John Dryden, 360 Tatler in a Coffee-Room, 602 Bust of Shakspeare, 176 View of Burleigh House, 361 Portrait of Sir Richard Steele, Autograph of Shakspeare, 176 | Portrait of Thomas Otway, 386 View of Steele's House at LlanView of the Birthplace of Shak. Illumination-Preacher of the Se. gunnor, 605 speare, 177 617 View of Charlecote House, 178 Portrait of Algernon Sidney, 405 View of Stanton Harcourt, Oxford. Goblet from the Boar's - Head Portrait of Lady Rachel Russell, 407 shire, Tavern, 190 | Portrait of Thomas Fuller, 411 Autograph of Lord Bolingbroke, 616 Portrait of Ben Jonson, 191 View of Old St Bride's Church, 412 Bolingbroke's Monument in BatterAutograph of Ben Jonson, 191 Portrait of Izaak Walton, 415 sea Church, 647 View of Falcon Tavern, 193 View of Walton's House, 415 Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Portrait of Fletcher, 203 Portrait of John Evelyn, 419 Montagu, 650 Portrait of Philip Massinger, 217 View of the House of Evelyn, 420 Portrait of the Earl of Shaftesbury, 655 Ilumination-Raleigh writing in Portrait of Sir Roger L'Estrange, 423 | View of Bentley's Seat, in Trinity Prison, 232 Portrait of Dr Isaac Barrow, 428 College Chapel, 660 Portrait of Sir Philip Sidney, 232 Portrait of Archbishop Tillotson, - 434 Portrait of Charles Leslic, 667 139 CONTENTS OF FIRST VOLUME. FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO 1400. INTRODUCTION OF NORMAN FRENCH, COMMENCEMENT OF THE PRESENT FORM OF ENGLISH, 4 James I., a Prisoner in Windsor, first sees Lady Jane SPECIMENS OF ANGLO-SAXON AND ENGLISH PREVIOUS Beaufort, who afterwards was his Queen, Extract from the Saxon Chronicle, 1154, Description of a Sylvan Retreat, Extract from the account of the Proceedings at Arthur's The London Lyckpenny, Coronation, given by Layamon, in his translation of Robert HENRYSON, Dinner given by the Town Mouse to the Country Mouse, 38 Extract from a Charter of Henry III., A. D. 1258, in the From the Moral, The Muster for the First Crusade, The Interview of Vortigern with Rowen, the beautiful Tidings fra the Session, 8 Of Discretion in Giving and Taking, Fabulous account of the first Highways in England, 8 Gavix DOUGLAS, 44 Extract from the King of Tars, Extract from the Squire of Low Degree, 10 To Mistress Margaret Hussey, IMMEDIATE PREDECESSORs or CHAUCER, 11 Prisoner in Windsor, he recounteth his Pleasure there Description and Praise of his Love Geraldine, 12 How no age is content with his own estate, and how the Select Characters from the Canterbury Pilgrimage, 15 age of children is the happiest, if they had skill to un- Description of a Poor Country Widow, 18 The Means to attain Happy Life, 19 The Lover's lute cannot be blamed, though it sing of his An Ironical Ballad on the Duplicity of Women, 92 The re-cured Lover exulteth in his Freedom, and voweth Last Verses of Chaucer, written on his Deathbed, 23 That Pleasure is mixed with every Pain, The Envious Man and the Miser, 25 Of the Mean and Sure Estate, . 26 Directions for Cultivating a Hop-Garden, 26 Moral Reflections on the Wind, A Carman's Account of a Law-suit, Interview of St Serf with Sathanas, Supplication in Contemption of Side Tails, The Return of King David II. from Captivity, The Building of the Tower of Babel, and Confusion of Adventure of Wallace while fishing in Irvine Water, 29 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE Second PERIOD, 30 A Praise of his (the Poet's) Lady, 31 Amantium Iræ Amoris Redintegratio est. By Richard PROSE WRITERS OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. Characteristic of an Englishman. By Andrew Bourd 61 A Mohamedan's Lecture on Christian Vices, 32 34 Sir John FORTESCUE, On Riches, 34 English Courage, JOHN WICKLIFFE, 35 What harm would come to England if the Commons The Magnificat, 36 thereof were Poor, 48 54 CHRISTOPHER MARLOW-JOSHUA SYLVESTER-RICHARD The Deposition of King Vortigern, The Passionate Shepherd to his Love, 56 The Nymph's Reply to the Passionate Shepherd-Raleigh, 84 Scene in the Council-Room of the Protector Gloucester, The Soul's Errand, Adventure of Una with the Lion, Character and Habits of the Countess of Richmond, 64 Wedding of the Medway and the Thames, 65 Fable of the Oak and the Briar, The Death of Queen Anne Boleyn, A notable Ilistory of William Hunter, a young man of SAMUEL DANIEL, 19 years of age, pursued to death by Justice Brown for From the Epistle to the Countess of Cumberland, 70 Selections from Daniel's Sonnets, King Henry's Visits to Wolsey's House, 71 Morning in Warwickshire-Description of a Stag-Hunt, 99 71 Part of the Twenty-Eighth Song of the Polyolbion, 100 The New Maneris and the Auld, of Scottis, Description of Armida and her Enchanted Girdle, 103 Extract from the ('omplaynt of Scotland, 72 Rinaldo at Mount Olivet and the Enchanted Wood, 103 Against Writers that carp at other Men's Books, Passage from Tyndale's Version of the Bible, Passage from Coverlale's Version, 74 To his Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia, A Farewell to the Vanities of the World, 75 The Character of a Happy Life, Simplicity of Style Recommended, 76 Venus's Prophecy after the Death of Adonis, Study should be relieved by Amusement, 76 Selections from Shakspeare's Sonnets, 77 Selections from Shakspeare's Songs, Occupations should be chosen suitable to the Natural Sir John Davies, Detached Observations from the Schoolmaster, 78 Reasons for the Soul's Immortality, Qualifications of a Historian, Address to Bishop Valentine, on the Day of the Marriage of the Elector Palatine to the Princess Elizabeth, 110 Valediction-Forbidding Mourning, THE REIGNS OF ELIZABETH, JAMES I., AND A Character from Donne's Satires, Selections from Hall's Satires, Allegorical Characters from the Mirrour for Magistrates, 80 The Sweet Neglect, Henry Duke of Buckingham in the Infernal Regions, Sonnet made on Isabella Markham, 82 Song-Oh do not wanton with those eyes), Sie WALTER RALEIGH-TIMOTHY KENDALNICHOLAS Good Life, Long Life, Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke, The Country's Recreations-Raleigh, To the Memory of my Beloved Master, William Shak- speare, and what he hath left us, On the Portrait of Shakspeare, Sir John BEAUMONT-Dr IIENRY KING, On my dear Son, Gervase Beaumont, Song-(Dry those fair, those crystal eyes), 118 To the Virgins, to make much of their Time, 119 Twelfth Night, or King and Queen, Song-(Ask me no more where Jove bestows), Song—(Would you know what's soft ?) Song-(Give me more love, or more disdain), To Primroses, filled with Morning Dew, Happiness of the Shepherd's Life, Song-(Why should you swear I am forsworn ?) Description of Parthenia, or Chastity, Song-(Amarantha, sweet and fair), The Sorceress of Vain Delight, To Lucasta, on going to the Wars, The Companionship of the Muse, To a Lady admiring herself in a Looking-Glass, Madrigal-(Amaryllis I did woo), Song-(The lark now leaves his watery nest), Description of the Virgin Birtha, On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise, Temperance, or the Cheap Physician, Song-The Saint's Encouragement, 135 ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY, Constancy, 136 ALEXANDER HUME, Song--(I prithee send me back my heart), 136 KING JAMES VI., Song-(Why so pale and wan, fond lover?) 136 Ane Schort Poeme of Tyme, The Careless Lover, 136 EARL OF ANCRUN-Earl of STIRLINO, Song-(Hast thou seen the down in the air?) 136 Sonnet in Praise of a Solitary Life, Detraction Execrated, 136 WILLIAM DRUMMOND, Joux CHALKHILL, 1:37 The River of Forth Feasting, The Witch's Cave, 137 Epitaph on Prince Henry, The Priestess of Diana, 138 To his Lute, 208 210 164 167 The Praise of a Solitary Life, 160 Grief of Aspatia for the Marriage of Amintor and 161 Palamon and Arcite, Captives in Greece, 161 Disinterestedness of Biancha, I do confess thou'rt Smooth and Fair, GEORGE BUCHANAN-DR ARTHUR JOHNSTON, 162 Song-(Look out, bright eyes, and bless the air), Song to Pan, at the conclusion of the Faithful Shep- Scene from the Duchess of Malfy, Bong-(What bird so sings, yet so does wail?) 166 ROBERT TAYLOR - WILLIAM ROWLEY-CYRIL Tour- Prologue to King David and Fair Bethsabe, 167 Scene from the Witch of Edmonton, GEORGE COOKE-THOMAS NABBESNATHANIEL FIELD- JOHN DAY-HENRY GLAPTHORNE-THOMAS RAN- Sephestia's Song to her Child, 171 Pride of Sir Giles Overreach in his Daughter, Passages from the Jew of Malta, 173 Contention of a Bird and a Musician, Scene From Marlow's Edward II., Song-(Pack clouds away, and welcome day), Scene from Arden of Feversham, Shepherd's Song, Shipwreck by Drink, Love Scene by Night in a Garden, Description of a Moonlight Night, with Fine Music, 184 Scene from the Ball, 224 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES OF THE THIRD PERIOD, Mark Antony over Cæsar's Body, Convivial Song, by Bishop Still, Othello's Relation of his Courtship to the Senate, 186 Song-(What pleasure have great princes), 186 Meditation when we go to Bed, Description of Ophelia's Drowning, The Deceit of Ornament or Appearances, There is a Garden in her Face, Solitude preferred to a Court Life, and the Advantages The World compared to a Stage, Description of Night in a Camp, The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life, Falstaff's Cowardice and Boasting, Falstaff arrested by his Hostess Dame Quickly, Accusation and Death of Silius in the Senate-House, 194 LORD BURLEIGH, A Simpleton and a Braggadocio, Bobadil's Plan for Saving the Expense of an Army, 197 Education of Children, The Court MASQUES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY, 198 Scripture and the Law of Nature, |