Excerpt from Great Poems Interpreted With Biographical Notes of the Authors Represented
The wide and increasing use which teachers and students are making of Famous Poems Explained seems to call for a second volume of the same general character, but dealing for the most part with poems more difficult to understand. It is hoped that the present volume will be found useful in high schools and colleges, and in teachers" reading circles.
Every student of English and American literature is indebted to a multitude of other students; whether or not the present writer has made diligent investigation on his own account, the following pages will show.
Most of these studies were made in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, and for the courteous assistance of the officers of that institution, thanks are here expressed.
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