•Theo. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO DALLAS SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON. BOMBAY CALCUTTA THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO IN American Literature BY CHARLES NOBLE PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND RHETORIC NEW EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1912 All rights reserved PS 92 .N6 1912 465397 COPYRIGHT, 1898, 1907, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published May, 1898. Reprinted October, 1901. New edition, November, 1907; July, 1910; April, 1912. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co. NOV 9 '48 ΤΟ PROFESSOR SELDEN L. WHITCOMB My Colleague in the teaching of English TO WHOSE KINDLY CRITICISM AND HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS THIS BOOK IS DEEPLY INDEBTED |