Treasury of Literature and Art. Edited by E. A. B. Hodgetts

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TREASURY OF LITERATURE AND ART ,1 l^,r^n^=B^I^BBBMBaamala^_^^_sul\u_\u»ulu Jfc£J(.%&6&us' JfutZkS~ TREASURY ♦ OF ♦ LITERATURE AND ART ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS VOL. II. LONDON: H. VIRTUE and COMPANY, Limited, 294, City Road, E.C. LONDON : FEINTED BY H. VIKTTTE AND COMPANY, LIMITED, CITY EOAD. CONTENTS. VOL. II. PAGE Addison, Joseph. — Sir Roger de Coverley in London ... ... ... 234 Ainsworth, William Harrison. — The Legend of the Devil's Dyke 342 Austen, Jane. — Pride and Prejudice ... ••• ••■ 15° Beaconsfield, Earl of. — An Unexpected Meeting 279 Boccaccio, Giovanni. — Nathan and Mithridanes : 273 Border Minstrelsy. — Barthram's Dirge 278 Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. — Romaunt of a Page 213 Browning, Robert. — How they brought the good news from Ghent to Aix 178 Buckingham, Second Duke of. — The Rehearsal 24 Burke, Edmund. — On Party Government 350 Collins, W. Wilkie. — The Court of the Emperor Honorius 62 Cook, Eliza. — Tracy de Vore and Hubert Grey 289 Cowper, William. — England 254 Coxe, William. — Battle of Blenheim 29 Creasy, Sir Edward. — Defeat of the Athenians at Syracuse 265 Eliot, George. — The Reverend Mr. Gilfil ... ... 256 Fielding, Henry.— Mr. Allworthy and the Brothers Blifil 217 Ford, John. — The Lover's Melancholy 93 Froude, James Anthony. — The Death of Mary Queen of Scots 294 Hawthorne, Nathaniel. — The Birthmark 300 Hunt, Leigh.— The Temple 179 James, G. P. R.— Chavigni no Jerrold, Douglas.— The Parrot 312 Kingsley, Charles.— A Spanish Love Story 331 Knowles, James Sheridan.— A Successful Stratagem 242 Lamartine, Alphonse de.— Charlotte Corday 193 Landor, Walter Savage.— Mr. Pitt and Mr. Canning ... r59 VI CONTENTS.

Le Sage. Alain Rene. — Gil Bias at Pennaflor PAGE — 250 Lever, Charles. — The Steeple-Chase ... * ""-• 323 Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. — The Sailing of the Mayflower ,Q Lovelace, Richard. — Amarantha ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... t, Macaulay, Thomas Babington. — Cromwell 226 Mahon, Lord. — Joan of Arc ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 Marlowe, Christopher. — Tamburlaine the Great ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 Martin, Sir Theodore. — The Betrothal of the Queen 6 Moliere, Jean Baptiste. — An Imaginary Invalid ... ... ••• ••• ••• ••■ ■•• 3r5 Montagu, Lady Mary W. — Adrianople 146 Moore, Thomas. — Paradise and the Peri 104 Murray, David Christie. — A Quaint Reception ... ... ,.. ... •-• ... ••• 17 Murray, Hugh. — China 99 Oliphant, Mrs. — The Wonderful History of Mr. Robert Dalzell 44 Payn, James. — The Journey ... ... ... ... ■•• 87 Pepys, Samuel. — The Great Fire of London 169 Pope, Alexander.— The Rape of the Lock ... ... ... ... ... 136 Richardson, Samuel. — Clarissa Harlowe in a Sponging House ... .,. ... ... ... 185 Sala, George Augustus. — A Journey due North 51 Scott, Sir Walter. — The Challenge ... ... ... 336 Southey, Robert. — The Battle of Trafalgar 77 Tacitus.— The Germans ... ... ... ... ... 207 Wordsworth, William. — Hart-leap Well 2xi Zschokke, Heinrich.— Herr Quint's Betrothal n8 LIST OF STEEL ENGRAVINGS.

THE MAID OF ORLEANS. Engraved by T. Ballin, after Mrs. E. M. Ward Frontispiece. THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH Engraved by G. C. Finden, after G. H. Boughton, R, A To face page 40 THE FAVOURITES OF THE EMPEROR HONORIUS. Engraved by J. Stephenson, after J. W. Waterhouse, R.A ;, „ 64 THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. Engraved by J. Cousen, after C. Stanfield, R.A. ... ... ... ... ,, „ 82 PARADISE AND THE PERI. Engraved by D. Desvachez, after H. Le Jeune, A.R.A. ... ... ... ., ,, 104 THE WIFE'S PORTRAIT. Engraved by S. S. Smith, after A. Elmore, R. A. ... ... .. ... „ ,, 170 HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS Engraved by F. Joubert, after F. W. W. Topham :,. , ., „ 178 CLARISSA HARLOWE. Engraved by G. A. Periam, after C. Landseer, R.A ... ... ;, „ 186 :? THE LAST TOILET OF CHARLOTTE CORDAY. Engraved by Lumb Stocks, R.A., after E. M. Ward, R.A ... ., „ 206 CROMWELL.