THE MAKERS OF MODERN ENGLISH. A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE GREATER POETS OF THE CENTURY. BY W. J. DAWSON, AUTHOR OF "THE THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD,' "A VISION OF SOULS AND OTHER QUEST AND VISION," ETC. THIRD EDITION. London: HODDER AND STOUGHTON, 27, PATERNOSTER ROW. MDCCCXCII. WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. I. THE THRESHOLD OF MANHOOD. A Young Man's Sixth Thousand. Crown 8vo, Words to Young Men. cloth, 3s. 6d. THE II. REDEMPTION OF EDWARD STRAHAN Third Thousand. Crown 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. III. A VISION OF SOULS: with other Ballads and Poems. Price 6s. IV. QUEST AND VISION: Essays in Life and Literature. Price 5s. 905 D272 1892 NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THIS HIS Edition remains substantially the same as the first, except that dates have been corrected, and certain misquotations rectified. In one instance I have accepted a hint from my critics, and have replaced a quotation by another which better expresses the meaning of the text. Having done my best to rectify any unintentional errors, I trust I may be permitted to put the book itself under Mr. Leslie Stephen's tolerant aphorism: So long as a man says sincerely what he thinks, he tells us something worth knowing. W. J. DAWSON. January 21st, 1891. 465 |