Chapter XI: Introduction: To English Literature

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TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES

General: Corrections to punctuation have not been individually noted.

General: Bold text in the original is marked with ==. Italic text is marked with __

Pages 57, 159: Variable hyphenation of death-bed as in the original.

Pages 222, 232, 257: Variable hyphenation of Free(-)thinking as in the original.