JOHN MILTON

A SHORT STUDY OF HIS LIFE AND WORKS

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

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 Wolume is Enscribed

IN FRIENDSHIP AND GRATITUDE