WITH A CRITICAL ESSAY BY WILLIAM MACNEILE DIXON LITT. D., A.M., LL.B. PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHam, author of "in the republic of letters,” etc. THIRD EDITION METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON ΤΟ EDWARD DOWDEN. My Dear Professor Dowden : I wish to inscribe this book to you, because, though it does not claim the distinction of literary value which belongs to your work, it may prove useful to readers of modern poetry; and if it so proved, I should be glad to think that the name of one to whom I owe so much—and that not merely as a student— might be read here as that of my teacher and friend. Very sincerely yours, W. MACNEILE Dixon. |