Title:  English Literature For Boys And Girls

Author:  H.E.  Marshall

Release Date:  May, 2004 [EBook #5725] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on August 17, 2002]

Edition:  10

Language:  English

Character set encoding:  ASCII

*** Start of the project gutenberg EBOOK English literature ***

H.E.  Marshall

English Literature

Chapter I in the listening time
Chapter ii the story of the cattle Raid of Cooley
Chapter III one of the sorrows of story-telling
Chapter IV the story of A literary lie
Chapter V the story of Fingal
Chapter vi about some old Welsh stories and story-tellers
Chapter vii how the story of Arthur was written in English
Chapter VIII the beginning of the reading time
Chapter IX “The passing of Arthur”
Chapter X the adventures of an old English book
Chapter xi the story of Beowulf
Chapter XII the father of English song
Chapter XIII how Caedmon sang, and how he fell once more on silence
Chapter XIV the father of English history
Chapter XV how Alfred the great fought with his pen
Chapter XVI when English slept
Chapter XVII the story of Havelok the Dane
Chapter XVIII about some song stories
Chapter XIX “Piers the ploughman”
Chapter XX “Piers the ploughman” —­ continued
Chapter XXI how the Bible came to the people
Chapter XXII Chaucer—­bread and milk for children
Chapter XXIII Chaucer—­“The Canterbury tales”
Chapter XXIV Chaucer—­at the tabard inn
Chapter XXV the first English