ENGLISH LITERATURE DURING THE

LAST HALF CENTURY

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK BOSTON CHICAGO • DALLAS
ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED

LONDON BOMBAY . CALCUTTA
MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.
TORONTO

DURING

THE LAST HALF CENTURY

BY

J. W. CUNLIFFE, D.LIT. (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON)

FROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY
OF NEW YORK, AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1919

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