THE LITERARY HISTORY

OF ENGLAND

M

THE

LITERARY HISTORY

OF

ENGLAND

IN THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH AND BEGINNING

OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

BY MRS. OLIPHANT

AUTHOR OF 'MAKERS OF FLORENCE,' ETC.

"Reading maketh a full man."-BACON, On Study.

"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit embalmed and treasured up
on purpose to a life beyond life."-MILTON, Areopagitica.

'Je ne voyage sans livres, ny en paix, ny en guerre. C'est la meilleure munition
que j'aye trouvé à cet humain voyage."-MONTAIGNE, Livre iii. Chap. iii.
"Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind."-ADDISON, Spectator.

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. III.

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

1882

TO VIMU AIMBOLIAD

Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

LONDON: THE UPPER CIRCLE: ROGERS-BYRON-MOORE

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MOORE MONK LEWIS-THE SMITHS, ETC.—PEACOCK

-THEODORE HOOK-JOHN GALT

CHAPTER VI.

MARIA EDGEWORTH-JANE AUSTEN-SUSAN FERRIER.

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