Prose_--The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_ and Bede's _Ecclesiastical History_ are both translated in one volume of Bohn's _Antiquarian Library_. The most interesting part of Bede for the student of literature is the chapter relating to Caedmon (Chap. XXIV., pp. 217-220). In the _Chronicle_, read the entries for the years 871, 878, 897, 975, 1087, and 1137. Alfred's _Orosius_ is translated into modern English in the volume of Bohn's_ Antiquarian Library_ entitled, _Alfred the Great, his Life and Anglo-Saxon Works_, by Pauli. Sedgefield's translation of the_ Consolations of Boethius_ distinguishes the original matter by Alfred from the translation. Selections from Alfred's works are given in C. & T.(_Prose_), 85-146, and in Earle's _Anglo-Saxon Literature_, 186-206. For selections from AElfric, see C. & T. (_Prose_), 149-192. Read especially the _Colloquies_, 177-186. What was Bede's principal work? Why has Alfred been called the "father of English prose"? What were his ideals? Mention his chief works and their object. What is the character of AElfric's work? Why are modern readers interested in his _Colloquium_? Why is the _Anglo-Saxon Chronicle_ important? FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER I: [Footnote 1: For special references to authors, movements and the history of the period, see the lists under the heading, _Suggestions for Further Study_, at the end of each chapter.] [Footnote 2: School libraries should own books marked *.] [Footnote 3: The abbreviation in parentheses after titles will be used in the _Suggested Readings_ in place of the full title.] [Footnote 4: Tennyson's _In Memoriam_.] [Footnote 5: Florence Earls Coates's _Dream the Great Dream_.] [Footnote 6: Shakespeare's _The Tempest_, Act IV., Scene 1.] [Footnote 7: Morley's translation, _English Writers_, Vol. II., p. 21.] [Footnote 8: Swinburne's _A Song in Time of Order_.] [Footnote 9: Morley's _English Writers_, Vol. II., pp. 33, 34.] [Footnote 10: _Beowulf_, translated by William Morris and A.J. Wyatt.] [Footnote 11: Translated by J.L. Hall.] [Footnote 12: Earle's Translation.] [Footnote 13: Translated by Childs.] [Footnote 14: Translated by Morris and Wyatt.] [Footnote 15: Morley's translation.] [Footnote 16: _Paradise Lost_, Book I., lines 61-69.] [Footnote 17: _Paradise Lost_, II., 594.] [Footnote 18: _Ibid_., I., 222-224.] [Footnotes 19-22: Brooke's translation.] [Footnote 23: Morley's translation.] [Footnote 24: Brooke's translation.] [Footnote 25: Morley's translation.] [Footnotes 26-27: Brooke's translation.] [Footnote 28: _Llywarch's Lament for his Son Gwenn_.] [Footnote 29: Guest's _Mabinogion_.] [Footnote 30: William Motherwell's _Wearie's Well_.] [Footnote 31: Earle's translation.] [Footnote 32: Cook and Tinker's _Select Translations from Old English Prose.] [Footnote 33: In his _Education of the Central Nervous System_, Chaps. VII.-X., the author has endeavored to give some special directions for securing definite ideas in the study of poetry.]