THE STUDY OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

ENGLISH LITERATURE

A PLEA FOR

ITS RECOGNITION AND ORGANIZATION
AT THE UNIVERSITIES

BY

JOHN CHURTON COLLINS

μέγα γὰρ τοῦτο οἰόμεθα φέρειν καὶ ὅλον εἰς πολιτείαν ὀρθῶς ἢ μὴ ὀρθῶς
γιγνόμενον.-PLATO, Rep. v.

Occurram necesse est, et, velut in vestibulo protinus apprehensuris hane
confessionem meam, resistam iis, qui, omissâ rerum diligentiâ, quodam
inani circa voces studio senescunt. Majore animo aggredienda eloquentia
est. Quintilian, Instit. Orator. viii. Prom.

To abandon these studies in order to support Philology is like burning a
city to save the gates.-JORTIN.