The Channels of English Literature

ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS

AND

SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY

The Channels of English Literature

Edited by OLIPHANT SMEATON, M.A.

ENGLISH EPIC AND HEROIC POETRY. By Professor W. MACNEILL DIXON, M.A., University of Glasgow.

ENGLISH LYRIC POETRY.

By ERNEST RHYS.

ENGLISH ELEGIAC, DIDACTIC, AND

RELIGIOUS POETRY.

By the Very Rev. H. C. BEECHING, D.D.,
D.Litt., Dean of Norwich, and the Rev.
RONALD BAYNE, M.A.

ENGLISH DRAMATIC POETRY.

By Professor F. E. SCHELLING, Litt.D.,
University of Pennsylvania.

ENGLISH SATIRIC AND HUMOROUS

LITERATURE.

By OLIPHANT SMEATON, M.A., F.S.A.

ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS AND SCHOOLS OF PHILOSOPHY.

By Professor JAMES SETH, M.A., University of Edinburgh.

THE ENGLISH ESSAY AND ESSAYISTS. By Professor HUGH WALKER, LL.D., St. David's College, Lampeter.

THE ENGLISH NOVEL.

By Professor GEORGE SAINTSBURY, LL.D.,
University of Edinburgh.

ENGLISH HISTORIANS AND SCHOOLS
OF HISTORY.

By Professor RICHARD LODGE, University of Edinburgh.

ENGLISH CRITICISM.

By Professor J. W. H. ATKINS, University
College of Wales.

J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD.

LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD.

BEDFORD STREET, STRAND.

1912

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.