This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.

In Two Volumes. Volume 1, From Beowulf To Doctor Johnson; Volume 2, From Goldsmith To Thomas Hardy.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

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1926. This volume is not a systematic treatise, but a series of essays. The first six essays were originally written for delivery as a course of Ropes Lectures given before the University of Connecticut in 1924. Contents: Religious Thought in England in the 17th and 18th Centuries; Coleridge; Cardinal Newman; Huxley; Matthew Arnold; Samuel Butler; Thomas Hardy; Naturalism and Christianity.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This volume is not a systematic treatise, but a series of essays. The first six essays were originally written for delivery as a course of Ropes Lectures given before the University of Connecticut in 1924. Contents: Religious Thought in England in the 17th and 18th Centuries; Coleridge; Cardinal Newman; Huxley; Matthew Arnold; Samuel Butler; Thomas Hardy; Naturalism & Christianity.