E-text prepared by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) Note: Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See http://www.archive.org/details/ageoftennyson00walkiala THE AGE OF TENNYSON * * * * * HANDBOOKS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. EDITED BY PROFESSOR HALES. _Crown 8vo, 5s. net each._ THE AGE OF ALFRED (664-1154). By F. J. SNELL, M.A. THE AGE OF CHAUCER (1346-1400). By F. J. SNELL, M.A. With an Introduction by Professor HALES. _3rd Edition, revised._ THE AGE OF TRANSITION (1400-1579). By F. J. SNELL, M.A. 2 vols. Vol. I. The Poets. Vol. II. The Dramatists and Prose Writers. With an Introduction by Professor HALES. _3rd Edition._ THE AGE OF SHAKESPEARE (1579-1631). By THOMAS SECCOMBE and J. W. ALLEN With an Introduction by Professor HALES. 2 vols. Vol. I. Poetry and Prose. Vol. II. The Drama. _8th Edition, revised._ THE AGE OF MILTON (1632-1660). By the Rev. Canon J. H. B. MASTERMAN, M.A. With Introduction, etc., by J. BASS MULLINGER, M.A. _8th Edition._ THE AGE OF DRYDEN (1660-1700). By R. GARNETT, C.B., LL.D. _8th Edition._ THE AGE OF POPE (1700-1748). By JOHN DENNIS. _10th Edition._ THE AGE OF JOHNSON (1748-1798). By THOMAS SECCOMBE. _7th Edition, revised._ THE AGE OF WORDSWORTH (1798-1832). By Professor C. H. HERFORD, Litt.D. _12th Edition._ THE AGE OF TENNYSON (1830-1870). By Professor HUGH WALKER. _9th Edition._ LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. PORTUGAL STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.2. * * * * * Handbooks of English Literature Edited by Professor Hales THE AGE OF TENNYSON LONDON: G. BELL AND SONS, LTD. PORTUGAL STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C. CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO. NEW YORK: HARCOURT BRACE & HOWE BOMBAY: A. H. WHEELER AND CO. * * * * * THE AGE OF TENNYSON by HUGH WALKER, M.A. Professor of English Literature at St. David's College Lampeter London G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. 1921 First Published, September, 1897. Reprinted, December, 1897; 1900, 1904, 1908, 1909, 1921. PREFACE.