CHAUCER 158 GOWER 177 PIERS PLOUGHMAN 183 OCCLEVE; THE SCHOLAR OF CHAUCER 191 LYDGATE; THE MONK OF BURY 196 THE INVENTION OF PRINTING 203 THE FIRST ENGLISH PRINTER 214 EARLY LIBRARIES 221 HENRY THE SEVENTH 228 FIRST SOURCES OF MODERN HISTORY 234 ARNOLDE'S CHRONICLE 240 THE FIRST PRINTED CHRONICLE 243 HENRY THE EIGHTH; HIS LITERARY CHARACTER 250 BOOKS OF THE PEOPLE 256 THE DIFFICULTIES EXPERIENCED BY A PRIMITIVE AUTHOR 268 SKELTON 276 THE SHIP OF FOOLS 285 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF SIR THOMAS MORE 289 THE EARL OF SURREY AND SIR THOMAS WYATT 303 THE SPOLIATION OF THE MONASTERIES 316 A CRISIS AND A REACTION; ROBERT CROWLEY 322 PRIMITIVE DRAMAS 339 THE REFORMER BISHOP BALE; AND THE ROMANIST JOHN HEYWOOD, THE COURT JESTER 353 ROGER ASCHAM 359 PUBLIC OPINION 368 ORTHOGRAPHY AND ORTHOEPY 381 THE ANCIENT METRES IN MODERN VERSE 393 ORIGIN OF RHYME 399 RHYMING DICTIONARIES 403 THE ARTE OF ENGLISH POESIE 405 THE DISCOVERIE OF WITCHCRAFT 413 THE FIRST JESUITS IN ENGLAND 423 HOOKER 439 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 451 SPENSER 460 THE FAERY QUEEN 475 ALLEGORY 487 THE FIRST TRAGEDY AND THE FIRST COMEDY 502 THE PREDECESSORS AND CONTEMPORARIES OF SHAKESPEARE 514 SHAKESPEARE 529 THE "HUMOURS" OF JONSON 578 DRAYTON 584 THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HISTORY OF RAWLEIGH 590 THE OCCULT PHILOSOPHER, DR. DEE 617