EDITED BY

PROFESSOR ERIC S. ROBERTSON, M.A.

LIFE OF CONGREVE.

LIFE

OF

WILLIAM CONGREVE

BY

EDMUND GOSSE, M.A.

CLARK LECTURER IN ENGLISH LITErature at TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRILCE

LONDON

WALTER SCOTT, 24 WARWICK LANE

NEW YORK: THOMAS WHITTAKER