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T. NELSON AND SONS' ROYAL SCHOOL SERIES."

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New Volume-Just Out,

POEMS BY JOHN MILTON:

TWith Life and Notes, Critical and Philological.

By JOHN M. ROSS,

UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW,
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CONTENTS.
I. HYMN ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S V. LYCIDAS.
Nativity.

VI. PARADISE Lost-Books I., II., III.,
II. L'ALLEGRO.

IV.
III. IL PENSEROSO.

VII. PARADISE Regained— Books III.,
IV. COMUS.

IV.
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The present edition of part of Milton's Poems is an attempt to turn an English classic
to a stricter academic use than hitherto. Every competent critic acknowledges the im-
mense value of a national literature; and the desire has very naturally arisen in the public
mind that it should be made available in some way or other for the purposes of a liberal
education. The mere verbal study of Latin and Greek is apt to produce a meagre culture
and a pedantic spirit. Unless earnestly carried on for a series of years, it yields no very
rich results either in knowledge or mental discipline. Perhaps, therefore, the best com-
plement to such partial training in scholarship is the study of the masterpieces of English
Literature, in which boys can more easily and vividly feel the charm of thought and sen-
timent than in languages whose grammatical difficulties they have still to overcome.
Latin and Greek will no doubt always remain the basis of genuine literary culture; but
the superstructure must more and more be English. The Editor of the present work has
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only in fostering a love of literature among their pupils, but also in imparting a more
exact and vigorous discipline in language than is customary in the English department of
education.

Also, Nearly Ready,
POEMS BY SIR WALTER SCOTT:

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COMPRISING THE SUBSTANCE OF

THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL. 1 THE LADY OF THE LAKE.
MARMION.

THE LORD OF THE ISLES.

WITH COPIOUS NOTES.

By W. S. DALGLEISH, M.A.,
ENGLISH MASTER IN THE INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, LONDON.
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New Volume-Now Ready,

THE SHAKESPEARE READER:

Containing Shakespeare's Greatest Taorks.

In Three Books; each Book containing Four Plays, with Copious Notes, Historical and

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Edited by W. S. DALGLEISH, M.A.,
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of King Henry IV., and King Henry VIII.; of the Comedies--The Merchant of Venice,

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each.

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V. A VOCABULARY, with Etymological Notes, is appended to each Book. This is

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VI. A GRAMMATICAL INDEX to each Book.

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pages, to undertake a closer study of his language and wonderful modes of thought.

* The Twelve Plays selected have been arranged in Three Books, as follows. Each

Book can be had separately :-

FIRST BOOK.

KING RICHARD II.

KING RICHARD III.

THE FIRST PART OF KING HENRY IV.

The MERCHANT OF VENICE.

The Plays included in the First Book are chiefly Historical. They have been selected

with a special view to Junior Classes.

SECOND BOOK.

King John. THE TEMPEST.
CORIOLANUS. KING HENRY VIII.

THIRD BOOK.

Julius CÆSAR. MACBETH.
Hamlet. KING LEAR.

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II.--KING JOHN. With Notes, &c., price 3d.
III.-JULIUS CÆSAR. With Notes, &c., price 4d.
IV.- HAMLET. With Notes, &c., price 4d.

To be followed by others.

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