HANDBOOKS

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

EDITED BY PROFESSOR HALES

THE AGE OF TRANSITION

VOL. II

THE

AGE OF TRANSITION

1400-1580

BY

F. J. SNELL, M.A.

AUTHOR OF THE AGE OF CHAUCER,' ETC.

VOL. II

THE DRAMATISTS AND PROSE WRITERS

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

JOHN W. HALES, M.A.

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AT KING'S COLLEGE,
LONDON; FORMERLY FELLOW AND NOW HONORARY
FELLOW OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

LONDON

GEORGE BELL AND SONS