English Literature.

Pass Lectures.^*

(1.) Lectures on the Literature of the Commonwealth:—

These lectures will treat of the general features of seventeenth century literature in England, its relation to history, to preceding periods of English literature, and to contemporary foreign literatures; they will also give a connected account of the various branches of the literature of the Commonwealth period and will enter into detail concerning the lives and writings of the various writers.

(The period prescribed by the University for the B.A. examination of 1880 is the Commonwealth, and that prescribed for the Honours Examination, is from 1025 to 1088.)

2.) Lectures on the Language of Shakespeare and George Eliot:—

These lectures will take as special subject, Lear, the Tempest and Romola, (the books prescribed by the University for the B.A. Examination of 1886), but they will also treat generally of the language of the Elizabethan and Victorian eras and of philological questions and difficulties in the history of the English language suggested by the text.

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This course of lectures and the preceding, besides being delivered on Thursday and Friday will be compressed into lecture on Saturday for the sake of those who attend only on that day.

(3) Lectures on Composition:

These will consist of instruction and practical work in the use of the English vocabulary, on the structure of the English sentence, period, and paragraph, and in the writing of English essays. This lecture will be delivered twice a week.

(4) Lectures on the Art of Shakespeare and George Eliot: These lectures will treat of questions connected with the art, style, thought, sources, historical and autobiographical aspects of the works of Shakespeare and George Eliot with special reference to Lear, The Tempest, and Romola. This lecture will be delivered twice a week.