CHAPTER VI.

THE STUDY OF LITERATURE.

Bearings of the chapter 171 England 171 The study of Shakespeare 172 Of Spenser 173 Chaucer 174 Elizabethan minors 174 Middle and Old English 175 Influence of English abroad 176

The study of French at home and abroad 177 Of Italian 179 Especially Dante 179 Of Spanish 180 Especially Cervantes 182 Of German 182

INTERCHAPTER VII. 184

BOOK VIII.

THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CRITICISM.