OF

ENGLISH LITERATURE,

AND

OF THE HISTORY OF

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,

FROM

The Norman Conquest.

WITH NUMEROUS SPECIMENS.

BY

GEORGE L. CRAIK, LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AND OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN QUEEN'S COLLEGE, BELFAST.

LONDON:
GRIFFIN, BOHN, AND COMPANY,
STATIONERS' HALL COURT.

1862.

LONDON : PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET,