A Catalogue, Bibliographical and Critical, of Early English Literature: Forming a Portion of the Library, Bridgewater House, the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Francis Egerton, M. P (Classic Reprint)

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The undertaking has been limited to early English Litera ture, because it is a department which, though less understood than some others, has of late years attracted much attention, both in this and in foreign countries. Had a wider field been chosen, it would have been difficult to limit the work to any reasonable proportions; and even now, not a few productions, particularly such as are of a graver cast and of larger dimensions, are not in cluded. It was thought that the materials supplied by them would not accord with the lighter subjects of tracts in verse and prose, with which the Library is peculiarly well furnished.

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