Prose.--The student will obtain a fair idea of the prose of this age by reading Milton's _Areopagitica_, Cassell's _National Library_ (15 cents), or _Temple Classics_ (45 cents); Craik,[13] II., 471-475; the selections from Thomas Hobbes, Craik, II., 214-221; from Thomas Fuller, Craik, II., 377-387; from Sir Thomas Browne, Craik, II., 318-335; from Jeremy Taylor, Craik, II., 529-542; and from Izaak Walton, Craik, II., 343-349. Manly, II., has selections from all these writers; the _Oxford Treasury_ and _Century_, from all but Hobbes. The student who has the time will wish to read _The Complete Angler_ entire (Cassell's _National Library_, 15 cents; or _Temple Classics_, 45 cents). Compare (_a_) the sentences, (_b_) general style, and (_c_) worth of the subject matter of these authors; then, to note the development of English prose, in treatment of subject as well as in form, compare these works with those of (1) Wycliffe and Mandeville in the fourteenth century, (2) Malory in the fifteenth, and (3) Tyndale, Lyly, Sidney, Hooker, and Bacon (_e.g._ essay _Of Study_, 1597), in the sixteenth. Bunyan's _Pilgrim's Progress_ should be read entire (_Everyman's Library_, 35 cents; Cassell's _National Library_, 15 cents; _Temple Classics_, 45 cents). Selections may be found in Craik, III., 148-166; Manly, II., 139-143; _Oxford Treasury_, 83-85; _Century_, 225-235. In what does the secret of Bunyan's popularity consist--in his style, or in his subject matter, or in both? What is specially noteworthy about his style? Point out some definite ways in which his style was affected by another great work. Suppose that Bunyan had held the social service ideals of the twentieth century, how might his idea of saving souls have been modified? Lyrical Poetry.--Specimens of the best work of Herrick, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Herbert, Vaughan, and Crashaw may be found in Ward, II.; Bronson, II.; _Oxford Treasury_, III.; Manly, I.; and _Century_. What is the typical subject matter of the Cavalier poets? What subject do Herbert, Vaughan, and Crashaw choose? Which lyric of each of these poets pleases you most? What difference do you note between these lyrics and those of the Elizabethan age? What Elizabethan lyrists had most influence on these poets? What are some of the special defects of the lyrists of this age? John Milton.--_L'Allegro_, _Il Penseroso_, _Comus_, _Lycidas_ (American Book Company's _Eclectic English Classics_, 20 cents), and _Paradise Lost_, Books I. and II. (same series), should be read. These poems, including his excellent _Sonnets_, may also be found in Cassell's _National Library_, _Everyman's Library_, and the _Temple Classics_. Selections are given in Ward, II., 306-379; Bronson, II., 334-423; _Oxford Treasury_, III., 34-70: Manly, I., and _Century_, _passim_.