AUTHOR OF "AN OUTLINE SKETCH OF ENGLISH LITERATURE,' "A NEW YORK: C. L. S. C. Department, 805 BROADWAY. 1887. The required books of the C. L S. C. are recom- Copyright 1867, by PHILLIPS & HUNT, 805 Broadway, New York. Herbert Russill PREFACE. THIS little volume is intended as a companion to the Outline Sketch of English Literature, published last year for the Chautauqua Circle. In writing it I have followed the same plan, aiming to present the subject in a sort of continuous essay rather than in the form of a "primer" or elementary manual. I have not undertaken to describe or even to mention every American author or book of importance, but only those which seemed to me of most significance. Nevertheless I believe that the sketch contains enough detail to make it of some use as a guide-book to our literature. Though meant to be mainly a history of American belles-lettres it makes some mention of historical and political writings, 342913 |