PREFACE

CONTENTS.

LECTURE I.

THREE EPOCHS IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ANCIENT GREEKS. By Rev. John P. Mahaffy, A.M.,

Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin

LECTURE II.

THE POETRY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. By Rev.

7. H. Fellett, B.D., Fellow of Trinity College, and

Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of

Dublin

LECTURE III.

THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND ITS. ARTS. By John

Ruskin, Esq., D.C.L.

LECTURE IV.

By Edward

MR. TENNYSON AND MR. BROWNING.

Dowden, A. M., Professor of English Literature, Trinity

College, Dublin

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LECTURE V.

THE PECULIARITIES OF POPULAR ORATORY.

By

David Sherlock, Esq., Q. C., M.P.

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ROMEO AND JULIET. By Rev. E. Whately, A.M.

LECTURE VIII.

RECOLLECTIONS OF WORDSWORTH AND THE LAKE
COUNTRY. By Robert Perceval Graves, A.M., Sub-
Dean of the Chapel Royal

LECTURE IX.

SPECIMEN OF A TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL. By the
Right Rev. William Alexander, D.D., Lord Bishop of
Derry and Raphoe

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THREE EPOCHS

IN THE

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANCIENT

GREEKS.

BY

JOHN P. MAHAFFY, A. M.,

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin.

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