IN COURSE OF PREPARATION. 19 smith, and others are omitted. But in so wide a field, the difficulty is to keep the series from becoming unwieldly, without diminishing its comprehensiveness. Hereafter, should the plan prove to be useful, some of the masterpieces of the authors just mentioned may be added to the list. The task of selection is not yet finished. For purposes of education, it would neither be possible, nor, if possible, desirable, to place in the hands of students the whole of the works of the authors we have chosen. We must set before them only the masterpieces of literature, and their studies must be directed, not only to the greatest minds, but to their choicest productions. These are to be read again and again, separately and in combination. Their purport, form, language, bearing on the times, must be minutely studied, till the student begins to recognise the full value of each work both in itself and in its relations to those that go before and those that follow it. It is especially hoped that this Series may prove useful to Ladies' Schools and Middle Class Schools; in which English Literature must always be a leading subject of instruction. A General Introduction to the Series. By the Rev. PROFESSOR BREWER, M.A. 1. Chaucer. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales; The Knightes Tale; The Nonne Prest his Tale. Edited by R. MORRIS, Editor for the Early English Text Society, &c. &c. Ext. fcap. 8vo., cloth, price 2s. 6d. [Just Published. 2. Spenser. Faery Queene, Book I. Edited by the Rev. G. W. KITCHIN, M. A., Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Chester. Ext. fcap. 8vo., cloth, price 2s. 6d. [Just Published. Book II. By the same Editor. [In the Press. 3. Hooker. Ecclesiastical Polity, Book I. Edited by the Rev. R. W. CHURCH, M.A., Rector of Whatley; formerly Fellow of Oriel College. Ext. fcap. 8vo., cloth, price 28. [Just Published. 4. Shakspeare. Select Plays. Edited by the Rev. W. G. CLARK, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Public Orator; and W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A., Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge. 20 CLARENDON PRESS SERIES. 5. Bacon. Advancement of Learning. Edited by W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. [In the Press. 6. Milton. Allegro and Penseroso; Comus; Lycidas; Paradise Lost; Samson Agonistes. Edited by R. C. BROWNE, M.A., King's College, Cambridge. 7. Dryden. Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell; Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitophel; Religio Laici; The Hind and Panther. 8. Bunyan. Grace Abounding; The Pilgrim's Progress. Edited by the Rev. E. VENABLES, M.A., Precentor of Lincoln. 9. Pope. Essay on Man, with the Epistles and Satires. Edited by the Rev. M. PATTISON, M.A., Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. 10. Johnson. Rasselas; Lives of Pope and Dryden. Edited by the Rev. C. H. O. DANIEL, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford. 11. Burke. Thoughts on the Present Discontents; the two Speeches on America; Reflections on the French Revolution. Edited by GOLDWIN SMITH, M.A., Fellow of University College, Oxford; formerly Regius Professor of Modern History. 12. Cowper. The Task, and some of his minor Poems. Edited by PROFESSOR SHAIRP, M.A., St. Andrews. These volumes will be (as nearly as possible) uniform in shape and size. There will be a brief preface, biographical and literary, to each ; and each will have such short notes only as are needed to elucidate the text. Published for the University of Oxford, by MACMILLAN and CO.. London and Cambridge. Clarendon Press Series. ENGLISH CLASSICS. Designed to meet the wants of Students in English Literature: under the superintendence of the Rev. J. S. BREWER, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford, and Professor of English Literature at King's College, London. It is especially hoped that this Series may prove useful to Ladies' Schools and Middle Class Schools; in which English Literature must always be a leading subject of instruction. A General Introduction to the Series. By the Rev. PROFESSOR BREWER, M.A. 1. Chaucer. The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales ; The Knightes Tale; The Nonne Prest his Tale. Edited by R. MORRIS, Editor for the Early English Text Society, &c. &c. Ext. fcap. 8vo., cloth, 2s. 6d. 2. Spenser. Faery Queene, Book I. 8vo., cloth, 2s. 6d. [Just Published. Ext. fcap. [Just Published. 3. Hooker. Ecclesiastical Polity, Book I. Edited by the Rev. R. W. CHURCH, M.A., Rector of Whatley; formerly Fellow of Oriel College. [Nearly ready. 4. Shakspeare. Select Plays. Edited by the Rev. W. G. CLARK, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Public Orator; and W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A., Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge. 5. Bacon. Advancement of Learning. Edited by W. ALDIS WRIGHT, M.A. [In the Press. 6. Milton. Allegro and Penseroso; Comus; Lycidas; Paradise Lost; Samson Agonistes. Edited by R. C. BROWNE, M.A., King's College, Cambridge. 7. Dryden. Stanzas on the Death of Oliver Cromwell; Astraea Redux; Annus Mirabilis; Absalom and Achitophel; Religio Laici; The Hind and Panther. 8. Bunyan. Grace Abounding; The Pilgrim's Progress. Edited by the Rev. E. VENABLES, M.A., Precentor of Lincoln. 9. Pope. Essay on Man, with the Epistles and Satires. Edited by the Rev. M. PATTISON, M.A., Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford. 10. Johnson. Rasselas; Lives of Pope and Dryden. Edited by the Rev. C. H. O. DANIEL, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Worcester College, Oxford. Burke. Thoughts on the Present Discontents; the 12. Cowper. The Task, and some of his minor Poems. Edited by PROFESSOR SHAIRP, M.A., St. Andrews. These volumes will be (as nearly as possible) uniform in shape and size. 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