APPENDIX X.

ENGLISH LITERATURE.

A LIST OF SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL ENGLISH AUTHORS FROM CHAUCER TO THE PRESENT DAY, WITH THE TITLES OF SOME OF THEIR MOST IMPORTANT WORKS.*

EDWARD III. AND RICHARD II.

Geoffrey Chaucer, 1328-1400.-Poet.

Troilus and Cressida,'

The Flower and the Leaf,' Canterbury Tales.'
John Gower, 1320-1402.-Poet.

Vox Clamantis' (chronicle

of the insurrection of the Commons under Richard II.), 'Confessio Amantis' (a metrical system of morality).

Jean Froissart, 1337-1410.-Historian.

Chronicles' (of

affairs in England, France, Flanders, and Scotland, during the reigns of Edward III. and Richard II.).

HENRY VII.

The Thistle and the

William Dunbar, 1465-1530.-Poet.

Rose' (James IV. of Scotland and Margaret of England).

HENRY VIII.

Sir Thomas Wyatt, 1503–1542.-Poet. Sonnets and amatory poems.

Howard, Earl of Surrey, 1515-1547.-Poet.

Sonnets and

amatory poems.

ELIZABETÀ.

Edmund Spenser, 1552-1599.-Poet. Shepherd's Calendar,' 'Faerie Queene.'

Sir Philip Sidney, 1554–1586.-Poet and romancer. 'Arcadia,'' Defence of Poesy,' sonnets.

* As far as possible, these authors have been arranged under the reigns in which their most important works were produced. In most cases the works named are given in the order of their publication.

William Shakspeare, 1564-1616. - Poet and dramatist. Romeo and Juliet,' 'Hamlet,' 'Othello,' 'Macbeth,' 'King Lear.' Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593.-Dramatist. Leander,' 'The Jew of Malta,'' Dr. Faustus.'

Hero and

Francis Beaumont, 1586-1616; John Fletcher, 1576–1625. -Dramatists (who wrote in concert). "The Faithful Shepherdess,'

The Maid's Tragedy,' 'The Two Noble Kinsmen.'

Ben Jonson, 1574-1637.-Dramatist. Every Man in his Humour,'' Volpone,' The Alchemist,' 'The Silent Woman.'

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John Webster, Fl. 17th Century.-Dramatist. 'Duchess of Malfy,' The White Devil, or Vittoria Corambona.'

Roger Ascham, 1515–1568.—Prose writer. 'Toxophilus' (a work on archery), 'The Schole-master.'

Richard Hooker, 1553-1600.-Theologian. Polity.'

'Ecclesiastical

John Stow, 1525-1605.—Antiquary. Summary of Chronicles,' 'Survay of London.'

JAMES I.

'Satires,' 'Epigrams,'' Para

John Donne, 1573-1631.-Poet.

doxes,' Problems.'

Drummond of Hawthornden, 1585-1649.-Poet. Sonnets and other poems.

Philip Massinger, 1584-1640.-Dramatist. The Virgin Martyr,' 'A New Way to Pay Old Debts,' 'The City Madam.' Robert Burton, 1576-1640.-Prose writer. The Anatomy of Melancholy.'

Francis Lord Bacon, 1561-1626.-Philosopher and miscellaneous writer. 'Novum Organum,' 'De Augmentis Scientiarum,'

⚫Essays.'

John Selden, 1584-1654.-Lawyer and antiquary. Honour,' 'Table Talk.'

• Titles of

CHARLES I.

Francis Quarles, 1592-1644.-Poet. 'Emblems.'
Robert Herrick, 1591-1674.-Poet. 'Hesperides.'
Edmund Waller, 1605-1687.-Poet. Poems.

THE COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATES. Abraham Cowley, 1618-1667.-Poet and prose writer. Poems and essays.

John Milton, 1608-1674.-Poet and miscellaneous prose writer. Areopagitica,' 'Paradise Lost,' Comus,' 'Samson Agonistes.' Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682.-Prose writer. 'Vulgar Errors,' 'Religio Medici.'

Isaac Walton, 1593-1683.-Prose writer. "The Compleat Angler,' 'Lives' (Hooker, Donne, &c.).

Jeremy Taylor, 1613-1667.-Theologian. Holy Living and Dying.'

CHARLES II.

'Hudibras.'

Samuel Butler, 1612-1680.-Poet.

William Wycherley, 1640-1715.- Dramatist. 'Love in a Wood,' 'Plain Dealer,'' Country Wife.'

Samuel Pepys, 1632-1703.-Prose writer. Diary (1659-1669). John Bunyan, 1628-1688.-Theologian. gress,' 'The Holy War.'

The Pilgrim's Pro

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Richard Baxter, 1615-1691.-Theologian. The Saint's Rest,' 'Call to the Unconverted.'

JAMES II. AND WILLIAM AND MARY.

'Absalom and

John Dryden, 1631-1701.-Poet and dramatist. Achitophel' (Duke of Monmouth and Earl of Shaftesbury), 'The Hind and the Panther' (a poem in vindication of Romish tenets), translation of the ' Æneid,' plays.

Sir John Vanbrugh, 1666-1726.-Dramatist. 'The Provoked Wife.'

The Relapse,'

William Congreve, 1670-1729.-Dramatist. 'Double Dealer,' 'Love for Love,'' Mourning Bride.'

John Evelyn, 1620-1706.-Prose writer. 'Sylva' (Forest Trees), 'Diary' (1641-1706).

John Locke, 1632-1704.-Metaphysician. Essay on the Conduct of the Human Understanding.'

ANNE.

'Alma,' and familiar

Matthew Prior, 1664-1721.-Poet.

verses.

George Farquhar, 1678-1707.-Dramatist. The Recruiting Officer,' The Beaux' Stratagem.'

Nicholas Rowe, 1673-1718.-Dramatist. The Fair Penitent..' Joseph Addison, 1672-1719.-Dramatist and essayist. 'Tatler' and 'Spectator,'' Cato.'

Sir Richard Steele, 1671-1729.-Dramatist and essayist. 'The Tender Husband,' "The Funeral,' 'Tatler,' 'Spectator,' and 'Guardian.'

Gilbert Burnet, 1643-1715.-Historian. 'History of My Own Time.'

The Earl of Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper), 16711713.-Metaphysician.

'Characteristics."

Bishop Berkeley, 1684-1753.-Metaphysician. Theory of Vision,' 'Principles of Human Knowledge.'

Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727.-Metaphysician and mathematician. Principia.'

Richard Bentley, 1662–1742.-Critic. Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris' (Boyle and Bentley controversy), editions of Horace and Terence.

GEORGE I.

Thomas Parnell, 1679-1717.-Poet. "The Hermit.'

John Gay, 1688-1732.-Poet. 'Beggar's Opera,' "Fables.' Alexander Pope, 1688-1744.-Poet. 'Rape of the Lock,' Translation of the Iliad and Odyssey, Dunciad,' 'Essay on Man.'

Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745.-Poet and miscellaneous writer. 'Tale of a Tub,' 'Drapier's Letters' (on Wood's coinage), 'Gulliver's Travels.'

Daniel de Foe, 1663-1731.-Novelist and miscellaneous prose writer. Robinson Crusoe,' 'Journal of the Plague Year,' 'Memoirs of a Cavalier.'

GEORGE II.

James Thomson, 1700-1748.-Poet. The Seasons," Rule Britannia,' 'The Castle of Indolence.'

William Collins, 1720-1756.-Poet. Odes and Oriental Eclogues.

Allan Ramsay, 1685-1758.-Poet. 'The Gentle Shepherd.' William Shenstone, 1714-1763.-Poet. The Schoolmistress.' Edward Young, 1684–1765.-Poet. 'Night Thoughts.' Thomas Gray, 1716-1771.-Poet. 'Elegy in a Country Churchyard,''The Bard.'

Richard Savage, 1697-1743.-Dramatist. Sir Thonras Overbury,' The Wanderer.'

Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784.-Lexicographer and miscellaneous writer. London,' Rambler,' Dictionary, Rasselas.'

Samuel Richardson, 1689-1761.-Novelist. 'Pamela,' 'Clarissa Harlowe,' 'Sir Charles Grandison.'

Laurence Sterne,* 1713–1768.-Novelist. Tristram Shandy,' 'A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy.'

Henry Fielding, 1707-1754. - Novelist and miscellaneous writer. Joseph Andrews,' Tom Jones,'' Amelia.'

Tobias Smollett, 1721-1771.-Novelist, historian, and miscellaneous writer. 'Roderick Random,' 'Peregrine Pickle,'' History of England,'The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker.'

Oliver Goldsmith,* 1728-1774.-Novelist, poet, dramatist, and miscellaneous writer. Citizen of the World,' Vicar of Wakefield,' 'Deserted Village,' 'She Stoops to Conquer.'

Joseph Butler, 1692-1752.-Theologian.

gion,' 'Sermons.'

David Hume, 1711–1776.-Historian. Political,''History of England.'

GEORGE III.

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'Analogy of Reli

'Essays Moral and

Poems.

The Shipwreck.'
Tam O'Shanter,'' Address

Thomas Chatterton, 1752-1770.-Poet.
William Falconer, 1730-1770.-Poet.
Robert Burns, 1759-1796.-Poet.
to the Deil,' 'The Jolly Beggars,' &c.

William Cowper, 1731-1800.-Poet.

Task,' translation of Homer.

William Beattie, 1735-1803.-Poet.

Henry Kirke White, 1785-1806.-Poet.

John Keats, 1795-1821.-Poet.

Eve of St. Agnes.'

'John Gilpin,' 'The

The Minstrel.'

Endymion,' 'Lamia,' 'The

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822.-Poet.

'Revolt of Islam,' 'The Cenci.'

Lord Byron, 1788-1824.--Poet.

'English Bards and Scotch

Reviewers,' 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage,' 'Don Juan.'

George Crabbe, 1754-1832.-Poet. 'The Village,' 'The Bo

rough,' 'Tales of the Hall.'

James Hogg, 1772-1835.-Poet. The Queen's Wake,' 'The Pilgrims of the Sun.'

Thomas Campbell, 1777-1844.-Poet.

'Pleasures of Hope,'

'Gertrude of Wyoming,' 'Ye Mariners of England.'

* Strictly speaking, these two authors belong to the first years of George III.'s reign, in which their chief works were produced. But they are more generally associated with the writers of the precoding period.