LECTURES.

DELIVERED AT

LITERARY AND MECHANICS' INSTITUTIONS,

CONTAINING,

LECTURE I.-ENGLISH LITERATURE, AND THE ACQUISITION
OF KNOWLEDGE.

LECTURE II.-MENTAL PHENOMENA, AND MENTAL CULTURE.

BY

WILLIAM HENRY LEATHAM.

NUS
LLOME/

London:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

MDCCCXLVII.

WAKEFIELD:

ILLINGWORTH & HICKS, PRINTERS, WAKEFIELD.

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

THE RISE, GROWTH, MATURITY, AND PROSPECTS OF ENGLISH

LITERATURE; AND THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE

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LECTURE II.

THE ANALYSIS OF MIND-DR. BROWN'S SYSTEM-DR. COGAN'S