EDINBURGH REVIEW, criticizes Byron,
390; criticizes Keats, 407.
EDWARD, THE CONFESSOR, in Norman-
dy, 40; made King of England, 41;
death of, 42.
EDWARD THE THIRD, KING, 56; fights at
Cressy, 57; pensions Chaucer, 70.
EGWIN, writes first English autobiog-
raphy, 35.
ELAINE, story of, 83.
ELEANOR, Queen of England, 44.
ELEGY IN COUNTRY CHURCHYARD, 802.
ELIZABETH, Qneen, her accession to
throne, 95; luxury in her reign, 96;
pensions Spenser, 99.
EMMA, Queen, of England, 40.
FAIRY QUEEN, account of, 99; extracts
from, 101, 104, 107.
FARQUHAR, GEORGE, comedy writer.
FAUSTUS, play, by Marlowe, extracts
from, 135.
FERREX AND PORREX, first English
tragedy, 124,
FIELDING, HENRY, account of, 312.
FLETCHER, JOHN, collaborates with
Shakespeare, 144; life and works, 162;
extract frum play, 164.
FORD, JOHN, dramatist, 172.
FOX, JOHN, quoted, 66.
FRANCE, minstrels, in, 43.
FRANCS, a Teutonic tribe, 19.
FRENCH LITERATURE, influence on Eng-
lish, 238.
FULLER, THOMAS, quoted, 66; work of
229.
GALLAHAD, Knight of Round Table,
46, 82.
GARLAND OF LAUREL, poem by Skel-
ton, quoted, 89.
GAY, JOHN, life and works, 261.
ENGLISH TRIBES, called Angles, 19; con- GEOFFREY GAIMAR, Anglo-Norman po-
quer Britain, 20.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE, displaced by
Latin, 35; gospels translated into,
35; struggles against foreign tongues,
48; establishment in England, 57;
specimens of literature, 439-442.
ESSAY ON MAN, quoted, 257.
ESSAYS OF ELIA, quoted, 415.
GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH, 45, 54.
GERALD DE BARRI, or GERALD OF
WALES, 46.
GERMANY, minstrels in, 43.
GERTRUDE OF WYOMING, extracts from,
378.
GODWIN, WILLIAM, novel of, 423.
ESTORIE DES ENGLES, poem by Wace GOGMAGOG, British giant, 45.
ETHELBERT, King, of Kent, 23.
ETHELRED, the Unready, 40.
ETHERIDGE, GEORGE, dramatist, 237.
EUPHUES, extracts from, 129, 130.
EUROPE, in prehistoric times, 26.
EURYDICE, story of, 37.
EVELINA, Miss Burney's Novel, extract
from, 329.
EVELYN, JOHN, life and works, 221; ex-
tract from diary, 226.
GOLDSMITH, OLIVER, quoted, 319; mem-
ber of Literary Club, 321; life and
works, 322; extracts from works, 324,
326.
GOTHS, a Teutonic tribe, 18.
GOWER, JOHN, 61; works of, 68; com-
pliment to Chaucer, 69; works pub-
lished by Caxton, 82.
GRAY, THOMAS, account of, 302; poem
quoted, 303.
GREGORY THE GREAT, Pope,[23.
EVE OF ST. AGNES, poem, extract from, GREENE, ROBERT, early dramatist, 124;
EXETER BOOK, extract from, 30.
life and works, 125; extract from
play, 126.
GREVILLE, FULKE, Lord Brooke, 114.
GUINEVERE, Queen of Arthur, 82.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, quoted, 285-287.
GUY OF GISBORNE, ballad, quoted, 50.
HAMLET, play of, extract from, 149.
HAROLD, King of England, 42.
HASTINGS, Battle of, 42.
HAZLITT, WILLIAM, quoted, 292, 295;
HEBREWS, of Semitic race, 24; influence
of their literature in English, 25.
HEMINGE, JOHN, edits Shakspeare's
plays, 143.
HENGIST, invades Britain, 20.
HENRY THE FIRST, King, 44.
HENRY THE SECOND, King, literature in
his reign, 44.
HENRY THE THIRD, King, issues pro-
clamation in English, 56.
HENRY THE EIGHTH, King, events of
his reign, 85.
HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, 44.
HENRY, Prince, son of James the First,
192.
HERBERT, GEORGE, life and poetry, 179.
HERRICK, ROBERT, life and works, 181;
a royalist, 194.
HILDA, Abbess at Whitby, 32, 33.
HISTORY OF FRIAR BACON AND BUN-
GAY, extracts from, 126.
HOLCROFT, THOMAS, works of, 423.
HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLE, 145.
HOLY GRAIL, quest for, 46.
HOMER, Northern poetry compared
with, 29; first English translations,
167; Pope's translation, 256.
HORSA, invades Britain, 20.
HOWARD, THOMAS, Earl of Surrey,
poems of, 90; quoted, 90.
HUDIBRAS, poem, by Butler, 216.
HUNT, LEIGH, account of, 420.
IDYLS OF THE KING, by Tennyson, 83.
IL PENSEROSo, quoted, 201.
IRISH MELODIES, quoted, 381.
ITALIAN LITERATURE, its influence on
English, 97.
ITALY, wandering scholars' from, 41.
IVANHOE, novel, by Scott, 27; extract
from, 427.
JAMES THE FIRST, King, arrests Ra-
leigh, 116; reign of, 118.
JEW OF MALTA, play of, extract from,
JOHN OF GAUNT, patron of Chaucer, 70.
JOHN, King, loses Normandy, 56.
JOHNSON, SAMUEL, influence on his age,
158; account of, 317; works of, 319;
his account of Goldsmith, 323; meets
Miss Burney, 328.
JONSON BEN, account of, 157; his plays,
159; songs of, 161; description of, 162
a friend of Herrick, 182; influence on
his age, 317.
JUTES, their position in Europe, 18.
KEATS, JOHN, account of, 407; poetry,
408; extract from poems, 410.
KENILWORTH, novel by Scott, extract
from, 432.
KIT-KAT CLUB, founded, 253.
KNIGHTS OF ROUND TABLE, 45.
KNIGHT'S TALE, from Chaucer, extract
from, 74.
KYD, THOMAS, dramatist, 137.
KYMRIC LANGUAGE, old MSS. in, 45.
KYMRY, known also as Britons, 19.
LAKE SCHOOL OF POETRY, account of;
358.
LALLA ROOKH, extracts from, 383.
L'ALLEGRO, extracts from, 198.
LAMB, CHARLES, character and works;
414; extract from essays, 415; friend
of Hazlitt, 418.
IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS, by Lan- LAMB, MARY, sister of Charles, 415.
INDIAN EMPEROR, play'of, quoted, 243.
INVENTION OF PRINTING, influence of,
LANCELOT DU LAKE, Knight of Round
Table, 46; in Morte D'Arthur, 82.
LANFRANC, established a school, 41;
Archbishop of Canterbury, 44.
LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE, account of, MASSINGER, PHILIP, 172.
LAYAMON, author of the Brut, 54.
LEE, NATHANIEL, dramatist, 237.
LEICESTER, Earl of, 96.
LEWIS, MATTHEW, 423.
LITERARY CLUB, founded by Dr. John-
son, 321.
LOCKHART, JOHN, biographer of Walter
Scott, 425.
LODGE, THOMAS, dramatist, 138.
LONDON, ancient name of, 45; Lamb's
description of, 414.
LONGLAND, WILLIAM, 61; account of,
62; extract from poem, 63.
LORD OF THE ISLES, poem of, extract
from, 386.
LOVE, poem by Coleridge, quoted, 363.
LOVE FOR LOVE, play of, extract from,
292.
LOVELACE, RICHARD, 183; life and
works, 186; a royalist, 194.
LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL, quoted, 413.
LYDGATE, JOHN, 80, 82.
LYLY, JOHN, quoted, 96; early dramat-
ist, 124; life and works, 129; extracts
from works, 130, 131.
MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON, on
BUNYAN, 236; on Dr. Johnson, 321.
MACPHERSON, JAMES, edits Ossian's
poems, 336.
MALCONTENT, The play of, extract
from, 168.
MATTHEW OF PARIS, history of, 56.
MATURIN, CHARLES ROBERT, 423.
MERMAID TAVERN, club which met
there, 159; Milton born near, 196.
MILL, JOHN STUART, opinion of Words-
worth, 372.
MILTON, JOHN, greatness of, 195; life and
works, 196; extract from poems, 198,
201, 206, 207; plea for free press, 228.
MIRACLE-PLAYS, subjects of, 123.
MOORE, THOMAS, account of, 379; ex-
tracts from Irish Melodies, 381, 382;
from Lalla Rookh, 383.
MORE, SIR THOMAS, death of, 86; ex-
tracts from Utopia, 87.
MORTE D'ARTHUR, account of, 82; ex-
tracts from, 83.
MYSTERIES, see Miracle-plays.
NASH, THOMAS, dramatist of sixteenth
century, 137; Spring song by, 137.
NIGHT'S THOUGHTS, poem, extract from;
296.
NORMAN CONQUEST, 42.
NORMANDY, settled by Northmen, 40,
lost to English crown, 56
NORMANS, in Northern France, 40;
literature among, 43.
NORTHMEN, invade France, 39.
NORTH SEA, 18, 19.
MALORY, SIR THOMAS, writes Morte OCCLEVE, THOMAS, poems of, 81.
ODE TO SKYLARK, poem, quoted, 397.
MANDEVILLE, JOHN, 61; life and writ- ODE TO IMMORTALITY, extracts from,
ODERICUS VITALIS, early historian, 44.
ODIN, god of Teutons, 21.
OPIE, AMELIA, novels of, 334.
ORMIN, early English writer, 55.
ORPHEUS, story of, 37.
OSSIAN, poems of, extract from, 336.
OTWAY, THOMAS, dramatic poet, 237
PAMELA, novel by Richardson, 309.
PARADISE LOST, poem of, extract from,
WILLIAMS, CAPT., friend of Shelley, WOTTON, SIR HENRY, extract from
401.
WILL'S COFFEE-HOUSE, in Dryden's
time, 248; club meetings there, 253.
WITHER, GEORGE, life and poetry, 177.
WOLSEY, CARDINAL, satire upon, 88.
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM, at Cambridge,
358; publishes lyrical ballads: at
head of Lake school, 362; his poetic
theories, 367; extract from poetry,
368; sonnet quoted, 369; Ode to Im-
mortality, 370; opinions upon, 372.
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