O

A HAND-BOOK

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE.

INTENDED FOR THE

USE OF HIGH SCHOOLS,

AS WELL AS

A COMPANION AND GUIDE FOR PRIVATE STUDENTS, AND FOR GENERAL READERS.

BY

FRANCIS H. UNDERWOOD, A. M.

BRITISH AUTHORS.

BOSTON:

LEE & SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS.

NEW YORK:

LEE, SHEPARD & DILLINGHAM.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871,

BY LEE AND SHEPARD,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

TO

HENRY S. WASHBURN, Esq.,
REV. C. C. SHACKFORD,
DR. JOHN P. REYNOLDS,

REV. S. K. LOTHROP, D. D.,
LYMAN MASON, Esq.,

HON. GEORGE H. MONROE,

MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOSTON
SCHOOL BOARD on the HIGH SCHOOL
EDUCATION OF BOYS,

This Work

IS, WITH RESPECT AND AFFECTION,

INSCRIBED.