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Excerpt from Longmans' Handbook of English Literature, Vol. 2: From Chaucer to Shakspere Tms second instalment follows the lines laid down for Part I. Many names of minor importance have been omitted, and an endeavour has been made to give a distinct idea of, and to arouse an interest in, each author or work that is mentioned. At the same time it is believed that no awkward gaps have been left, and that no important branch or no distinct tendency of English literature during the period under review has been left unnoticed. The spelling of all the illustrative extracts is as given in the original editions. This was not in every case an easy matter to secure, even with the British Museum close at hand. But the labour was well spent, for the object was to carry the reader back to the olden times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.