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CYCLOPÆDIA

OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE:

A SELECTION OF

THE CHOICEST PRODUCTIONS OF ENGLISH AUTHORS,

FROM THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME,

CONNECTED BY A

CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.

ELEGANTLY ILLUSTRATED.

EDITED BY

ROBERT CHAMBERS,

EDITOR OF THE "EDINBURGH JOURNAL," "INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE," ETO. ETC.

IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.

ΤΕΝΤΗ THOUSAND.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY GOULD, KENDALL AND LINCOLN,

No. 59 WASHINGTON STREET.

1848.