PAGE CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY, 1 EARLY CENTURIES, 5 CELTIC LITERATURE, 7 BEGINNING OF ENGLISH LEARNING, 9 CÆDMON, 13 BEDA, 15 KING ALFRED, 17 CANUTE AND GODIVA, 22 WILLIAM THE NORMAN, 25 HAROLD THE SAXON, 29 CHAPTER II. GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH, 37 KING ARTHUR LEGENDS, 39 EARLY NORMAN KINGS, 46 RICHARD CŒUR DE LION, 50 TIMES OF KING JOHN, 53 MIXED LANGUAGE, 56 SIR JOHN MANDEVILLE, 59 EARLY BOOK-MAKING, 62 RELIGIOUS HOUSES, 66 LIFE OF A DAMOISELLE, 72 CHAPTER III. ROGER BACON, 77 WILLIAM LANGLANDE, 84 JOHN WYCLIF, 90 CHAUCER, 97 CHAPTER IV. OF GOWER AND FROISSART, 127 TWO HENRYS AND TWO POETS, 132 HENRY V. AND WAR TIMES, 141 JOAN OF ARC AND RICHARD III., 146 CAXTON AND FIRST ENGLISH PRINTING, 149 OLD PRIVATE LETTERS, 154 A BURST OF BALLADRY, 158 CHAPTER V. EARLY DAYS OF HENRY VIII., 167 CARDINAL WOLSEY, AND SIR THOMAS MORE, 173 CRANMER, LATIMER, KNOX, AND OTHERS, 182 VERSE-WRITING AND PSALMODIES, 189 WYATT AND SURREY, 193 A BOY-KING, A QUEEN, AND SCHOOLMASTER, 197 CHAPTER VI. ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND, 204 PERSONALITY OF THE QUEEN, 207 BURLEIGH AND OTHERS, 210 A GROUP OF GREAT NAMES, 214 EDMUND SPENSER, 217 THE FAERY QUEEN, 221 PHILIP SIDNEY, 230 CHAPTER VII. JOHN LYLY, 245