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The

Atbenæum Press Series.

This series is intended to furnish a

library of the best English literature

from Chaucer to the present time in a

form adapted to the needs of both the

student and the general reader. The

works selected are carefully edited, with

biographical and critical introductions,

full explanatory notes, and other neces

sary apparatus.

ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN

George Munro Professor of English Language and Literature in
Dalhousie College

BOSTON, U.S.A., AND LONDON
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS
The Athenæum Press

1896