HANDBOOKS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. Edited by J. W. Hales, M.A., Professor of English Literature at King's College, London, formerly Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, late English Examiner in the University of London, and Clark Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo, 3s. 6d. each:

THE AGE OF POPE. By John Dennis.

THE AGE OF DRYDEN. By R. Garnett, C.B., LL.D.

In preparation.

THE AGE OF CHAUCER. By Professor Hales.

THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE. By Professor Hales.

THE AGE OF MILTON. By J. Bass Mullinger and J. H. B.
Masterman.

THE AGE OF JOHNSON. By T. Seccombe.

THE AGE OF WORDSWORTH. By Professor C. H. Herford.

Other volumes to follow.

A HANDBOOK

OF

GERMAN LITERATURE.

GEORGE BELL & SONS,

LONDON: YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN

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UNIV. OF

VINNOJE TVO

A HANDBOOK

OF

GERMAN LITERATURE

BY

MARY E., PHILLIPS, L.L.A.

REVISED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION, BY

A. WEISS, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF GERMAN AT THE ROYAL MILITARY
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LONDON

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1895