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

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ΤΟ

MY DEAR WIFE,

IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT

OF HER

SYMPATHETIC CRITICISM

AND

KINDLY AID,

I LOVINGLY INSCRIBE

THIS EDITION.