A HAND-BOOK OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE. HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF EACH SUCCESSIVE PERIOD. For the list of schools and Academies . BY ESTHER J. TRIMBLE, LATE PROF. OF LITERATURE IN THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, WEST CHESTER, PA., AUTHOR OF "A CHART OF GENERAL LITERATURE.” ETC. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIVA LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA : |