CHAPTER XXI.

DRYDEN, AND THE RESTORED STUARTS.

The Court of Charles II.--Dryden's Early Life--The Death of Cromwell--The Restoration--Dryden's Tribute--Annus Mirabilis--Absalom and Achitophel--The Death of Charles--Dryden's Conversion--Dryden's Fall--His Odes 207

THE RELIGIOUS LITERATURE OF THE GREAT REBELLION AND OF THE RESTORATION.

The English Divines--Hall--Chillingsworth--Taylor--Fuller--Sir T. Browne--Baxter--Fox--Bunyan--South--Other Writers 221

THE DRAMA OF THE RESTORATION.

The License of the Age--Dryden--Wycherley--Congreve--Vanbrugh-- Farquhar--Etherege--Tragedy--Otway--Rowe--Lee--Southern 233