CORRIGENDA IN VOL. I. Page 17, last line, for he tells us, read Leland tells us. 21, line 7 from bottom, read of Charlemagne, some of the most eminent were Irish. Alcuin, the chief ornament of the imperial court, and who presided over the Palatine School, out of which arose the university of Paris, was no doubt an Englishman, having probably been born, where he tells us he received his education, at York. But it is related that, two learned Scots from Ireland having also arrived in his dominions, the emperor detained one of them, named Clement, to serve as a director of education in France, and sent the other with a similar appointment to Italy. Somewhat later we find 55, line 7, for Negel Wircker, read Nigel Wireker; and dele foot note. 60, line 8 from bottom, for Couches, read Conches. 73, line 3, for Hanvil, read Hauvil. 115, line 9 from bottom, for north-west, read north east. 156, line 3 from bottom, dele supposed. 211, line 21, for very corrupt, read somewhat. 212, line 4, dele It is very possibly not so ancient by a hundred years. SKETCHES OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE AND LEARNING IN ENGLAND. WITH SPECIMENS OF THE PRINCIPAL WRITERS. BY GEO. L. CRAIK, M. A. SERIES SECOND (IN TWO VOLUMES). FROM THE ACCESSION OF ELIZABETH TO THE REVOLUTION OF 1688. VOL. IV. LONDON: CHARLES KNIGHT & Co., LUDGATE STREET. 1845. Literature of the Seventeenth Century Shirley, and the End of the Old Drama |