OF ENGLISH LITERATURE BY H. A. TAINE TRANSLATED BY H. VAN LAUN ONE OF THE MASTERS AT THE EDINBURGH ACADEMY With a Preface Prepared Expressly for this Translation by the Author TWO VOLUMES IN ONE NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1885 Listed Hudson TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE THE translator has collated almost every passage mentioned by M. Taine, verified every quotation, and spared no pains to render this history of English literature worthy of its author and of its subject. A copious Index will be found at the end of the Second Volume. H. VAN LAUN. October, 1871. THE ACADEMY, EDINBURGH. Mr. van Laun is not responsible for the English rendering of the Author's introduction. AMERICAN PUBLISHERS. 230851 |