Chapter III: History of English Literature

The Examination in the History of English Literature will not be limited to the prescribed texts. It will include the history of criticism and of style in prose and verse; for these subjects, Candidates are recommended to consult the following works:--

Sidney, _Apology for Poetry_.

Daniel, _Defence of Rhyme_.

Dryden, _Essay of Dramatic Poesy_, and _Preface to Fables_.

Addison, Papers on Milton in the _Spectator_.

Pope, _Essay on Criticism_.

Johnson, _Preface to Shakespeare_ and _Lives of the Poets_.

Wordsworth, _Prefaces, etc., to Lyrical Ballads_.

Coleridge, _Biographia Literaria_.