V. EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.-Continuation of the French influence
in poetical literature in a more refined aspect;-degeneracy of poetry
during the middle of the century;-editions and criticism of Shakespeare;
-revival of literature coincident with the French Revolution of 1789.

BRITISH SOVEREIGNS.—Anne, George I., George II., George III.

VI. NINETEENTH CENTURY.-Influence of German literature on

that of England ;-revival of the popular relish for elder British authors;

-the century remarkable for the number of channels in which its

poetical literature has flowed ;-this is an individual feature of the pro-

gressive and expansive tendency exhibited among the European nations

in every department of mental exertion.

BRITISH SOVEREIGNS.-George III., George IV., William IV.,

Victoria.