WITH MARKINGS OF THE BEST PASSAGES, CRITICAL NOTICES

OF THE WRITERS,

. 2)

NEW YORK:
GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 10 PARK PLACE.

22 May, 1800+ From the Library of PROF. E. u. GURNEY.

DEC 8 1911

CONTENTS.

Pago

ii.

PREFACE

AN ANSWER TOʻTHE QUESTION, ".WEAT IS POETRY P'

?”

SELECTIONS FROM SPENSER, WITH CRITICAL NOTICE

ARCHIMAGO's HERMITAGE AND THE HOUSE OF MORPHEUS

THE CAVE OF MAMMON AND GARDEN OF PROSERPINE

34

62

72

.

A GALLERY OF PICTURES FROM SPENSER

(Spenser considered as the Poet of the Painters.)

CHARISSA, OR CHARITY.

77

78

78

79

80

.

80

82

83

85

86

87

88

89

89

90

91

.

A KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR, LOOKING INTO A CAVE

MALBECCO SEES HELLENORE DANCING WITH THE SATYRS

LANDSCAPE, WITH DAMSELS CONVEYING A WOUNDED SQUIRE ON

• THE NYMPHS AND GRACES DANCING TO A SHEPHERD'S PIPE,

OR, APOTREOBIS or A POET'S MISTRESS

93