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.

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THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND ITS ARTS. By John
Ruskin, Esq., D.C.L.

LECTURE IV.

MR. TENNYSON AND MR. BROWNING. By Edward
Dowden, A. M., Professor of English Literature, Trinity
College, Dublin

LECTURE V.

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THE PECULIARITIES OF POPULAR ORATORY.

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

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LECTURE VI,

RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, By D. C. Heron,

Esq., Q. C.

LECTURE VII.

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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