CHAMBERS'S

CYCLOPÆDIA

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE

A HISTORY, CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL, OF BRITISH AUTHORS

WITH SPECIMENS OF THEIR WRITINGS

ORIGINALLY EDITED BY ROBERT CHAMBERS, LL.D.

THIRD EDITION

REVISED BY ROBERT CARRUTHERS, LL.D.

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. I.

W. & R. CHAMBERS

L O N D ON AN DE DIN BU R G H

1876