OF JOHN MILTON. EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY WILLIAM J. ROLFE, A.M., LITT. D., FORMERLY HEAD MASTER OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. EXONTEZALA NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY GIFT OF MRS. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON ENGLISH OCT 9 1940 CLASSICS. EDITED BY WM. J. ROLFE, A.M. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 56 cents per volume; Paper, 40 cents per volume. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Any of the above works will be sent by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price. Copyright, 1887, by HARPER & BROTHERS. ΤΟ JULIUS HAWLEY SEELYE, D.D., LL.D., MY "CHUM" IN COLLEGE AND THE BEST OF FRIENDS EVER SINCE, THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY Medicated We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spoke, the faith and morals hold WORDSWORTH. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by superior blooms and sweetness, but by miraculous efficacy to invigorate and to heal. They are powerful, not only to delight, but to elevate and purify. MACAULAY. |