JOHN MILTON

A SHORT STUDY OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS

A SHORT STUDY OF HIS LIFE

AND WORKS

BY

WILLIAM P. TRENT

AUTHOR OF WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS," SOUTHERN

STATESMEN OF THE OLD RÉGIME,"

"ROBERT E. LEE," ETC.

New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1899

All rights reserved

LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS

TO

RICHARD GARNETT, LL.D.

Of the British Museum

WHO TO HIS WELL-DESERVED FAME AS POET, SCHOLAR

AND CRITIC

AND TO HIS POWER AND CHARM AS A FULL MAN

ADDS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING

A LOVER AND JUDICIOUS BIOGRAPHER OF MILTON

This Little Volume is Inscribed

IN FRIENDSHIP AND GRATITUDE