Woodrow Wilson's _Mere Literature_ (Burke). Boswell's _Life of Johnson_. Stephen's _Life of Johnson_. (E.M.L.) Macaulay's _Essay on Croker's Edition of Boswell's Life of Johnson_. Irving's, Forster's, Dobson's, Black's (E.M.L.), or B. Frankfort Moore's _Life of Goldsmith_. SUGGESTED READINGS WITH QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS The Romantic Movement.--In order to note the difference in feeling, imagery, and ideals, between the romantic and the classic schools, it will be advisable for the student to make a special comparison of Dryden's and Pope's satiric and didactic verse with Spenser's _Faerie Queene_, Milton's _Il Penseroso_, and with some of the work of the romantic poets in the next period. What is the difference in the general atmosphere of these poems? See if the influence of _Il Penseroso_ is noticeable in Collins's _Ode to Evening_ (Ward[4], III., 287; Bronson, III., 220; _Oxford_, 531; Manly, I., 273; _Century_, 386) and in Gray's _Elegy_ (Ward, III., 331; Bronson, III., 238; _Oxford_, 516; Manly, I., 267; _Century_, 398). What element foreign to Dryden and Pope appears in Thomson's _Seasons_ (Ward, III., 173; Bronson. III., 179; Manly, I., 255; _Century_, 369-372). What signs of a struggle between the romantic and the classic are noticeable in Goldsmith's _Deserted Village_ (Ward, III., 373-379; Bronson, III., 282; Manly, I., 278; _Century_, 463). Pick out the three finest passages in the poem, and give the reasons for the choice. Read pp. 173-176 of _Ossian (Canterbury Poets_ series, 40 cents; Chambers, II.; Manly, II., 275), and show why it appealed to the spirit of romanticism. For a short typical selection from Walpole's _Castle of Otranto_, see Chambers. II. Why is this called romantic fiction? In Percy's _Reliques_, read the first ballad, that of _Chevy Chase_, and explain how the age could turn from Pope to read such rude verse. In place of Mallet's _Northern Antiquities_, twentieth-century readers will prefer books like Guerber's _Myths of Northern Lands_ and Mabie's _Norse Stories Retold from the Eddas_. From Chatterton's _Aella_ read nine stanzas from the song beginning: "O sing unto my roundelay." His _The Bristowe Tragedy_ may be compared with Percy's _Reliques_ and with Coleridge's _The Ancient Mariner_. Selections from Chatterton are given in Bronson, III., Ward, III., _Oxford_, Manly, I., and _Century_. The Novel.--Those who have the time to study the beginnings of the novel will be interested in reading, _Guy, Earl of Warwick_ (Morley's _Early Prose Romances_) or _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction and Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston (London: David Nutt, two shillings).