Bibliographic Notes on One Hundred Books Famous in English Literature
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- PREFACESample
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1340?-1400)
- JOHN GOWER (1325?-1408)
- SIR THOMAS MALORY (1430?-1470?)
- THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
- WILLIAM LANGLAND (1330?-1400?)
- RAPHAEL HOLINSHED or HOLLINGSHEAD (d. 1580?)
- WILLIAM BALDWIN (fl. 1547), THOMAS SACKVILLE, FIRST EARL OF DORSET (1536-1608), AND OTHERS
- HENRY HOWARD, EARL OF SURREY (1517?-1547), AND OTHERS
- THOMAS NORTON (1532-1584) AND THOMAS SACKVILLE, FIRST EARL OF DORSET (1536-1608)
- JOHN LYLY (1553?-1606)
- SIR PHILIP SIDNEY (1554-1586)
- EDMUND SPENSER (1552?-1599)
- FRANCIS BACON, BARON VERULAM (1561-1626)
- RICHARD HAKLUYT (1552?-1616)
- GEORGE CHAPMAN (1559-1634)
- THE HOLY BIBLE
- BENJAMIN JONSON (1573?-1637)
- ROBERT BURTON (1577-1640)
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)
- JOHN WEBSTER (1580?-1625?)
- PHILIP MASSINGER (1583-1640)
- JOHN FORD (1586-1639)
- CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564-1593)
- GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1643)
- JOHN DONNE (1573-1631)
- SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682)
- EDMUND WALLER (1606-1687)
- FRANCIS BEAUMONT (1584-1616) AND JOHN FLETCHER (1579-1625)
- ROBERT HERRICK (1591-1674)
- JEREMY TAYLOR (1613-1667)
- IZAAK WALTON (1593-1683)
- SAMUEL BUTLER (1612-1680)
- JOHN MILTON (1608-1674)
- JOHN BUNYAN (1628-1688)
- JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700)
- JOHN LOCKE (1632-1704)
- WILLIAM CONGREVE (1670-1729)
- EDWARD HYDE FIRST EARL OF CLARENDON (1609-1674)
- THE TATLER
- THE SPECTATOR
- DANIEL DEFOE (1661?-1731)
- JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
- ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)
- JOSEPH BUTLER BISHOP OF DURHAM (1692-1752)
- THOMAS PERCY BISHOP OF DROMORE (1729-1811)
- WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759)
- SAMUEL RICHARDSON (1689-1761)
- HENRY FIELDING (1707-1754)
- THOMAS GRAY (1716-1771)
- SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706-1790)
- SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE (1723-1780)
- OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728—1774)
- LAURENCE STERNE (1713—1768)
- THE FEDERALIST
- TOBIAS GEORGE SMOLLETT (1721-1771)
- ADAM SMITH (1723-1790)
- EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794)
- RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN (1751-1816)
- WILLIAM COWPER (1731-1800)
- ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
- GILBERT WHITE (1720-1793)
- THOMAS PAINE (1737-1809)
- JAMES BOSWELL (1740—1795)
- WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850) AND SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
- WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859)
- GEORGE GORDON BYRON, SIXTH BARON (1788-1824)
- JANE AUSTEN (1775-1817)
- SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
- SIR WALTER SCOTT (1771-1832)
- JOHN KEATS (1795-1821)
- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822)
- CHARLES LAMB (1775-1834)
- SAMUEL PEPYS (1633-1703)
- JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851)
- WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR (1775—1864)
- CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)
- THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881)
- WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT (1796-1859)
- EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809-1849)
- HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)
- ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806-1861)
- JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL (1819-1891)
- WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY (1811-1863)
- THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, FIRST BARON MACAULAY (1800-1859)
- ALFRED TENNYSON, FIRST BARON TENNYSON (1809-1892)
- NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864)
- HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896)
- JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900)
- ROBERT BROWNING (1812-1889)
- JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY (1814-1877)
- GEORGE ELIOT MARY ANN or MARIAN CROSS (1819-1880)
- CHARLES ROBERT DARWIN (1809-1882)
- EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-1883)
- MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888)
- JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (1807-1892)
- CORRIGENDA
- INDEX TO AUTHORS AND TITLES