the pleasure of mentioning specially English Prose, edited by Sir Henry Craik, and published by Messrs. Macmillan, and, of course, for that rich storehouse, consisting of five volumes and 3,200 pages, the various selectors have often chosen the inevitable passage from an author. However, for the purposes of this anthology resource has always been had in such cases to original sources, not altogether without profit. My thanks are due to the following for their kind permission to use copyright passages by the authors whose names follow their own : Messrs. George Allen & Co., Ltd., Jane Welsh Carlyle ; Messrs. Chatto & Windus, Richard Jefferies and R. L. Stevenson (and Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons in respect of American rights in Stevenson's works); Messrs. Constable & Co., Ltd. (and Messrs. Scribner's Sons for American rights), George Meredith; Mr. Bertram Dobell, T. Traherne; Mr. W. Heinemann, Fiona Macleod '; Mr. Robert Ross (and Messrs. Methuen), Oscar Wilde; Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co., J. A. Symonds; Mr. R. A. Streatfeild (and Mr. A. C. Fifield), Samuel Butler; and Mr. T. Watts-Dunton (and Messrs. Chatto & Windus), A. C. Swinburne. I have been assisted throughout my laborious task by Mr. C. W. S. Williams, without whose valuable help in making the selections and in research I could not have accomplished it except at the sacrifice of the leisure of years. R. M. L. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF AUTHORS (For SUBJECT INDEXES see pages 735, 741) PECOCK, REGINALD, BISHOP OF CHICHESTER (1395 ?-1460 ?) Virtuous easement 493 FISHER, JOHN, BISHOP OF ROCHESTER (1459-1535) LATIMER, HUGH, BISHOP OF WORCESTER (1485 ?-1555) Bribes and wages 393 CRANMER, THOMAS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY (1489-1556) The Scripture in the vulgar tongue 162 GREVILLE, SIR FULKE, BARON BROOKE (1554–1628) Advice to a married woman. 290 ANDREWES, LANCELOT, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER (1555–1626) The devilish disease of pride CAREW, RICHARD (1555-1620) LODGE, THOMAS (1558 ?-1625) CHAPMAN, GEORGE (1559 ?-1634) On burying a hair 11 115 406 132 289 BACON, FRANCIS, VISCOUNT ST. ALBANS (1561-1626) Salomon's House 35 Balaam's ass 364 365 366 HALL, JOSEPH, BISHOP OF EXETER AND NORWICH (1574-1656) On the sight of a great library PURCHAS, SAMUEL (1575 ?-1626) The sea PEACHAM, HENRY (1576 ?-1643 ?) Of style in speaking and writing BURTON, ROBERT (1577-1640) Melancholy mad CORYATE, THOMAS (1577 ?-1617) The use of forks at table OVERBURY, SIR THOMAS (1581-1613) HERBERT, EDWARD, BARON HERBERT OF CHERBURY (1583 A fair and happy milkmaid . 1648) A knightly obligation. HALES, JOHN (1584-1656) How to read history 316 296 |