Short Histories of the Literatures of the World EDITED BY EDMUND GOSSE, LL.D. Large Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. each Volume ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE By Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, M.A. FRENCH LITERATURE By Prof. EDWARD DOWDEN, D.C.L., LL.D. MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE By the EDITOR ITALIAN LITERATURE By RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D. SPANISH LITERATURE By JAMES FITZMAURICE-KELLY JAPANESE LITERATURE By WILLIAM GEORGE ASTON, C.M.G., D.Lit. BOHEMIAN LITERATURE By THE COUNT LUTZOW, D.Litt., D.Ph. SANSKRIT LITERATURE By Prof. A. A. MACDONELL, M.A. HUNGARIAN LITERATURE By Dr. RIEDL AMERICAN LITERATURE By Prof. W. P. TRENT RUSSIAN LITERATURE By K. WALISZEWSKI CHINESE LITERATURE By Prof. A. GILES ARABIC LITERATURE By C. HUART GERMAN LITERATURE By CALVIN THOMAS, LL.D. _In preparation_ LATIN LITERATURE By MARCUS DIMSDALE, M.A. LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN _All rights reserved_ End of Project Gutenberg's A History of French Literature, by Edward Dowden