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ASTOR, LENOX

TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

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A

STUDENT'S HISTORY

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY

WILLIAM EDWARD SIMONDS
(PH. D., STRASSBURG)

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN

BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND CHICAGO
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge