A HISTORY

ENGLISH LITERATURE

IN A SERIES OF

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

BY

WILLIAM FRANCIS COLLIER, LL.D.,

TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN;
AUTHOR OF “SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE," "THE GREAT

EVENTS OF HISTORY," ETC.

New EDITION, REVISED.

London:
T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW.

EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK,