Chapter I IN THE LISTENING TIMEChapter II THE STORY OF THE CATTLE RAID OF COOLEYChapter III ONE OF THE SORROWS OF STORY-TELLINGChapter IV THE STORY OF A LITERARY LIEChapter V THE STORY OF FINGALChapter VI ABOUT SOME OLD WELSH STORIES AND STORY-TELLERSChapter VII HOW THE STORY OF ARTHUR WAS WRITTEN IN ENGLISHChapter VIII THE BEGINNING OF THE READING TIMEChapter IX "THE PASSING OF ARTHUR"Chapter X THE ADVENTURES OF AN OLD ENGLISH BOOKChapter XI THE STORY OF BEOWULFChapter XII THE FATHER OF ENGLISH SONGChapter XIII HOW CAEDMON SANG, AND HOW HE FELL ONCE MORE ON SILENCEChapter XIV THE FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORYChapter XV HOW ALFRED THE GREAT FOUGHT WITH HIS PENChapter XVI WHEN ENGLISH SLEPTChapter XVII THE STORY OF HAVELOK THE DANEChapter XVIII ABOUT SOME SONG STORIESChapter XIX "PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN"Chapter XX "PIERS THE PLOUGHMAN" — continuedChapter XXI HOW THE BIBLE CAME TO THE PEOPLEChapter XXII CHAUCER—BREAD AND MILK FOR CHILDRENChapter XXIII CHAUCER—"THE CANTERBURY TALES"Chapter XXIV CHAUCER—AT THE TABARD INNChapter XXV THE FIRST ENGLISH GUIDE-BOOKChapter XXVI BARBOUR—"THE BRUCE," THE BEGINNINGS OF A STRUGGLEChapter XXVII BARBOUR—"THE BRUCE," THE END OF THE STRUGGLEChapter XXVIII A POET KINGChapter XXIX THE DEATH OF THE POET KINGChapter XXX DUNBAR—THE WEDDING OF THE THISTLE AND THE ROSEChapter XXXI AT THE SIGN OF THE RED PALEChapter XXXII ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE THEATERChapter XXXIII HOW THE SHEPHERDS WATCHED THEIR FLOCKSChapter XXXIV THE STORY OF EVERYMANChapter XXXV HOW A POET COMFORTED A GIRLChapter XXXVI THE RENAISSANCEChapter XXXVII THE LAND OF NOWHEREChapter XXXVIII THE DEATH OF SIR THOMAS MOREChapter XXXIX HOW THE SONNET CAME TO ENGLANDChapter XL THE BEGINNING OF BLANK VERSEChapter XLI SPENSER—THE "SHEPHERD'S CALENDAR"Chapter XLII SPENSER—THE "FAERY QUEEN"Chapter XLIII SPENSER—HIS LAST DAYSChapter XLIV ABOUT THE FIRST THEATERSChapter XLV SHAKESPEARE—THE BOYChapter XLVI SHAKESPEARE—THE MANChapter LXVII SHAKESPEARE—"THE MERCHANT OF VENICE"Chapter XLVIII JONSON—"EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR"Chapter XLIX JONSON—"THE SAD SHEPHERD"Chapter L RALEIGH—"THE REVENGE"Chapter LI RALEIGH—"THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD"Chapter LII BACON—NEW WAYS OF WISDOMChapter LIII BACON—THE HAPPY ISLANDChapter LIV ABOUT SOME LYRIC POETSChapter LV HERBERT—THE PARSON POETChapter LVI HERRICK AND MARVELL—OF BLOSSOMS AND BOWERSChapter LVII MILTON—SIGHT AND GROWTHChapter LVIII MILTON—DARKNESS AND DEATHChapter LIX BUNYAN—"THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"Chapter LX DRYDEN—THE NEW POETRYChapter LXI DEFOE—THE FIRST NEWSPAPERSChapter LXII DEFOE—"ROBINSON CRUSOE"Chapter LXIII SWIFT—THE "JOURNAL TO STELLA"Chapter LXIV SWIFT—"GULLIVER'S TRAVELS"Chapter LXV ADDISON—THE "SPECTATOR"Chapter LXVI STEELE—THE SOLDIER AUTHORChapter LXVII POPE—THE "RAPE OF THE LOCK"Chapter LXVIII JOHNSON—DAYS OF STRUGGLEChapter LXIX JOHNSON—THE END OF THE JOURNEYChapter LXX GOLDSMITH—THE VAGABONDChapter LXXI GOLDSMITH—"THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD"Chapter LXXII BURNS—THE PLOWMAN POETChapter LXXIII COWPER—"THE TASK"Chapter LXXIV WORDSWORTH—THE POET OF NATUREChapter LXXV WORDSWORTH AND COLERIDGE—THE LAKE POETSChapter LXXVI COLERIDGE AND SOUTHEY—SUNSHINE AND SHADOWChapter LXXVI