A handbook of English literature
By: originally compiled by Austin Dobson.
Contributors: Griffin, William Hall, editor.
Edition: New ed., revised, with new chapters, and extended to the present time by W. Hall Griffin.
Publisher: C. Lockwood and son; Longmans, Green, and co.
Published: 1897
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: English literature -- History and criticism; English literature -- 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)