THE MAKERS OF MODERN ENGLISH A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE GREATER POETS OF THE CENTURY BY W. J. DAWSON AUTHOR OF "THE THRESHOLD of ManHOOD," "A VISION OF SOULS AND OTHER FOURTH EDITION London HODDER AND STOUGHTON 27, PATERNOSTER ROW MDCCCXCIII S.JK Maved Perry. NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. TH HIS Edition remains substantially the same as the first, except that dates have been corrected, and certain misquotations rectified. In one instance I have accepted a hint from my critics, and have replaced a quotation by another which better expresses the meaning of the text. Having done my best to rectify any unintentional errors, I trust I may be permitted to put the book itself under Mr. Leslie Stephen's tolerant aphorism: So long as a man says sincerely what he thinks, he tells us something worth knowing. W. J. DAWSON. January 21st, 1891. |