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YALE STUDIES IN ENGLISH

ALBERT S. COOK, EDITOR

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1904i

XXIII

THE CROSS IN THE LIFE AND

LITERATURE OF THE

ANGLO-SAXONS

BY

WILLIAM O. STEVENS, PH.D.
Instructor in English and Law in the United States
Naval Academy

A Portion of a Thesis presented to the Philosophical Faculty
of Yale University in Candidacy for the
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1904