(From a Manuscript Copy, in vellum, of the "Canterbury Tales," adorned with Marginal Paintings, in the

IN

ENGLISH LITERATURE,

AND

LESSONS IN TIIE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

WITH

A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE GENEALOGY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, EXPLANATORY
NOTES, SUGGESTIONS FOR EXPRESSIVE READING,

METHODS OF ANALYSIS, ETC.

DESIGNED FOR USE IN

COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.

BY

HOMER B. SPRAGUE,
Head Master of the Girls' High School, Boston, Mass. ; formerly Principal of the Adelphi Academy,

Brooklyn, N. Y., and Professor of Rhetoric in Cornell University.