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111.
Cowper's cottage at Weston. 112. John Gilpin's Ride. (From a drawing
by R. Caldecott). 113. Robert Burns. (From the painting by Nasmyth
National Portrait Gallery). 114. Birthplace of Burns. 115. Burns and
Highland Mary. (From the painting by James Archer). 116. Sir Walter
Scott. (From the painting by William Nicholson). 117. Abbotsford,
Home of Sir Walter Scott. 118. Scott's Grave in Dryburgh Abbey. 119.
Loch Katrine and Ellen's Isle. 120. Walter Scott. (From a life sketch by
Maclise). 121. Scott's Desk and "Elbow Chair" at Abbotsford. 122.
Jane Austen. (From an original family portrait). 123. Jane Austen's
Desk. 124. William Wordsworth. (From the portrait by B.R. Haydon).
125. Boy of Winander. (From the painting by H.O. Walker,
Congressional Library). 126. Wordsworth's Home at Grasmere--Dove
Cottage. 127. Grasmere Lake. 128. William Wordsworth. (From a
sketch in _Fraser's Magazine_). 129. Rydal Mount near Ambleside. 130.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. (From a pencil sketch by C.R. Leslie). 131.
Coleridge's Cottage at Nether-Stowey. 132. Coleridge as a Young Man.
(From a sketch made in Germany). 133. Lord Byron. (From a portrait
by Kramer). 134. Byron at Seventeen. (From a painting). 135.
Newstead Abbey, Byron's Home. 136. Castle of Chillon. 137. Byron's
Home at Pisa. 138. Percy Bysshe Shelley. (From the portrait by Amelia
Curran, National Portrait Gallery). 139. Shelley's Birthplace, Field
Place. 140. Grave of Shelley, Protestant Cemetery, Rome. 141.
Facsimile of Stanza from To a Skylark. 142. John Keats. (From the
painting by Hilton, National Portrait Gallery). 143. Keats's Home,
Wentworth Place. 144. Grave of Keats, Rome. 145. Facsimile of
Original MS. of Endymion. 146. Endymion. (From the painting by H.O.
Walker, Congressional Library). 147. Thomas de Quincy. (From the
painting by Sir J.W. Gordon, National Portrait Gallery). 148. Room in
Dove Cottage. 149. Charles Darwin. 150. John Tyndall. 151. Thomas
Huxley. (From the painting by John Collier, National Portrait Gallery).
152. Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (From the drawing by himself, National

Portrait Gallery). 153. Thomas Babington Macaulay. (From the
painting by Sir. F. Grant, National Portrait Gallery). 154. Cardinal
Newman. (From the painting by Emmeline Deane). 155. Thomas
Carlyle. (From the painting by James McNeill Whistler). 156.
Craigenputtock. 157. Mrs. Carlyle. (From a miniature portrait). 158.
John Ruskin. (From a photograph). 159. Charles Dickens. (From a
photograph taken in America, 1868). 160. Dicken's Home, Gads Hill.
161. Facsimile of MS. of A Christmas Carol. 162. William Makepeace
Thackeray. (From the painting by Samuel Laurence, National Portrait
Gallery). 163. Caricature of Thackeray by Himself. 164. Thackeray's
Home where Vanity Fair was Written. 165. George Eliot. (From a
drawing by Sir F.W. Burton, National Portrait Gallery). 166. George
Eliot's Birthplace. 167. Robert Louis Stevenson. (From a photograph).
168. Stevenson as a Boy. 169. Edinburgh Memorial of Robert Louis
Stevenson. (By St. Gaudens). 170. George Meredith. (From the
painting by G.F. Watts, National Portrait Gallery). 171. Thomas Hardy.
(From the painting by Winifred Thompson). 172. Max Gate. (The
Home of Hardy). 173. Matthew Arnold. (From the painting by G.F.
Watts, National Portrait Gallery). 174. Robert Browning. (From the
painting by G.F. Watts, National Portrait Gallery). 175. Elizabeth
Barrett Browning. (From the painting by Field Talfourd, National
Portrait Gallery). 176. Facsimile of MS. from Pippa Passes. 177.
Alfred Tennyson. (From a photograph by Mayall). 178. Farringford.
179. Facsimile of MS. of Crossing the Bar. 180. Algernon Charles
Swinburne. (From the painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti). 181.
Rudyard Kipling. (From the painting by John Collier). 182. Mowgli
and his Brothers. (From _The Jungle Book_). 183. The Cat That
Walked. (From Kipling's drawing for _Just-So Stories_). 184. Joseph
Conrad. 185. Arnold Bennett. 186. John Galsworthy. 187. Herbert
George Wells. 188. William Butler Yeats. 189. John Masefield. 190.
Alfred Noyes. 191. Henry Arthur Jones. 192. Arthur Wing Pinero. 193.
George Bernard Shaw. (From the bust by Rodin). 194. James Matthew
Barrie. 195. Stephen Phillips. 196. Lady Gregory. 197. John Synge.
[Illustration: LITERARY MAP OF ENGLAND]
[Illustration: LITERARY MAP OF ENGLAND]
NEW ENGLISH LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION

LITERARY ENGLAND
Some knowledge of the homes and haunts of English authors is
necessary for an understanding of their work. We feel in much closer
touch with Shakespeare after merely reading about Stratford-on-Avon;
but we seem to share his experiences when we actually walk from
Stratford-on-Avon to Shottery and Warwick. The scenery and life of
the Lake Country are reflected in Wordsworth's poetry. Ayr and the
surrounding country throw a flood of light on the work of Burns. The
streets of London are a commentary on the novels of Dickens. A
journey to Canterbury aids us in recreating the life of Chaucer's
Pilgrims.
Much may be learned from a study of literary England. Whether one
does or does not travel, such study is necessary. Those who hope at
some time to visit England should acquire in advance as much
knowledge as possible about the literary associations of the