Short Histories of the
Literatures of the World

EDITED BY EDMUND GOSSE

Large Crown 8vo, cloth, 6s. each Volume

ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE
By Prof. GILBERT MURRAY, M.A.

FRENCH LITERATURE
By Prof. EDWARD DOWDEN, D.C.L., LL.D.

MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
By the EDITOR

ITALIAN LITERATURE
By RICHARD GARNETT, C.B., LL.D.

SPANISH LITERATURE
By J. FITZMAURICE-KELLY

[Shortly

JAPANESE LITERATURE
By WILLIAM GEORGE ASTON, C.M.G.

[Shortly

MODERN SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE
By GEORGE BRANDES

SANSKRIT LITERATURE
By Prof. A. A. MACDONELL

HUNGARIAN LITERATURE
By Dr. ZOLTÁN BRÖTHY

AMERICAN LITERATURE
By Professor MOSES COIT TYLER

GERMAN LITERATURE
By Dr. C. H. HERFORD

LATIN LITERATURE
By Dr. A. W. VERRALL

Other volumes will follow

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN