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  TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

  Minor spelling inconsistencies have been silently corrected. Apart
  from a few corrections listed at the end of the book, original
  spelling was retained. Footnotes were sequentially numbered and
  placed at the end of each chapter.

    p. 300: in the words carpenter, majesty and merchaundise
    letters [e macron] and [u with breve] are encoded as plain
    [e and u] respectively.
    p. 303: in the words mournfully, mournfuly, royalty
    letters [u with breve], [u, a macron] are encoded as plain [u and a]
    respectively.
    p. 304: in the words Trumpington, love-sik and dangerus letters
    [i macron] and [i, u with breve] are encoded as plain [i and u]
    respectively.
    p. 321-322: superscripts are preceded by the [^] sign and enclosed in
    braces if more than one letter is in superscript.
    p. 354: in the word Pusan letters [u macron] and [s with cedilla]
    are encoded as plain [u and s] respectively.
    Ligature [oe] is encoded as oe.

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    *Columbia University*

    _STUDIES IN LITERATURE_



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    |*Columbia University*                                          |
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    |STUDIES IN LITERATURE                                          |
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    |=A HISTORY OF LITERARY CRITICISM IN                            |
    | THE RENAISSANCE=: With Special Reference                      |
    | to the Influence of Italy in the Formation and                |
    | Development of Modern Classicism. By JOEL                     |
    | ELIAS SPINGARN.                                               |
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    |_In Press:_                                                    |
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    |=ROMANCES OF ROGUERY=: An Episode in the                       |
    | Development of the Modern Novel, Part I.                      |
    | The Picaresque Novel in Spain. By FRANK                       |
    | WADLEIGH CHANDLER.                                            |
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    |=SPANISH LITERATURE IN ENGLAND UNDER                           |
    | THE TUDORS=. By JOHN GARRETT                                  |
    | UNDERHILL.                                                    |
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    |       *       *       *       *       *                       |
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    |***_Other numbers of this series will be issued from           |
    |time to time, containing the results of literary research,     |
    |or criticism by the students or officers of                    |
    |Columbia University, or others associated with them            |
    |in study, under the authorization of the Department            |
    |of Literature_, GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY _and_                  |
    |BRANDER MATTHEWS, _Professors_.                                |
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    A HISTORY

    OF

    LITERARY CRITICISM

    IN THE RENAISSANCE

    WITH SPECIAL REF