A handbook of English literature
By: originally compiled by Austin Dobson.
Contributors: Griffin, William Hall.
Edition: New ed., revised, with new chapters, and extended to the present time by W. Hall Griffin ...
Publisher: Longmans, Green
Published: 1897
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism.; Authors, English -- Bio-bibliography.
Genres: Bio-bibliography.
Notes: "First issued in 1874."

Appendix A.  Extracts illustrative of the progress of the language previous to 1600.--B.  The 'Canterbury tales.'--C.  The plays of Shakespeare.--D. 'Paradise lost' and 'Paradise regained.'--E.  A brief dictionary of deceased minor authors &c., giving the dates of their births and deaths, the reigns in which they wrote, and the titles of some of their chief works (p. [306]-364).