THE PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS

OF ENGLISH POETRY

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THE

PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS

OF

ENGLISH POETRY

WITH REPRESENTATIVE MASTERPIECES

AND NOTES

BY

CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, LITT.D., LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

AND

CLEMENT C. YOUNG, B.L.,

HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN THE LOWELL
HIGH SCHOOL, SAN FRANCISCO

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1905

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