LONGMANS' ENGLISH CLASSICS

EDITED BY

GEORGE RICE CARPENTER, A.B.

PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE

THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS

D. O. S. LOWELL, A.M., M.D.

ENGLISH MASTER IN THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL

TO

MY DEAR WIFE,

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF HER

SYMPATHETIC CRITICISM

AND

KINDLY AID,

I LOVINGLY INSCRIBE

THIS EDITION.