CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I JOHN MILTON

CHAPTER II THE PROSE WORKS

CHAPTER III PARADISE LOST: THE SCHEME

CHAPTER IV PARADISE LOST: THE ACTORS. THE LATER POEMS

CHAPTER V THE STYLE OF MILTON: METRE AND DICTION

CHAPTER VI THE STYLE OF MILTON; AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH POETRY

EPILOGUE

II THE FOUNTAIN OF GIANT LAND

III THE BOY AND THE VIOLIN

IV THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS

V THE LITTLE SISTER OF THE GIANTS

VI THE FOREST LAD AND THE WICKED GIANT

VII HOW THE GIANTESS GUIMARA BECAME SMALL

VIII THE ADVENTURES OF A FISHERMAN'S SON

IX THE BEAST SLAYER

X THE QUEST OF CLEVERNESS

XI THE GIANT'S PUPIL

XII DOMINGO'S CAT

Title: Milton

Author: Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

Language: English

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MILTON

BY
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Author of
'Style,' 'Wordsworth,' &c.

TENTH IMPRESSION

LONDON
EDWARD ARNOLD
41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, BOND STREET, W.
1915

TO
R. A. M. STEVENSON
WHOSE RADIANT AND SOARING INTELLIGENCE
ENLIGHTENED AND GUIDED ME
DURING THE YEARS OF OUR LOST COMPANIONSHIP
THIS UNAVAILING TRIBUTE OF
MEMORY AND LOVE