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mozel_. What Pre-Raphaelite qualities in this poem have made it such a favorite? What are the chief characteristics of Rossetti's other verse? Note specially Miss Rossetti's religious verse. What Pre-Raphaelite qualities do Morris's _Two Red Roses across the Moon_ (1858) and _The Defence of Guenevere_ (1858) show? Compare this early verse with the selections from _The Earthly Paradise_ (1868-1870). Macaulay.--Read either the _Essay on Milton_ or the _Essay on Addison_ (_Eclectic English Classics_ or _Gateway Series_) or the selections in Craik, V., Manly, II., _Century_, or Dickinson and Roe's _Nineteenth Century Prose_. Read _History of England_, Chap. IX., or the selections in Craik V., or _Century_, or Manly, II. What are some of the qualities that cause Macaulay's writings to outstrip in popularity other works of a similar nature? What qualities in his style may be commended to young writers? What are his special defects? Contrast his narrative style in Chap. IX. of the _History_ with Carlyle's in _The French Revolution_, Vol. I., Book V., Chap. VI. Newman.--The best volume of selections is edited by Lewis E. Gates (228 pages, 75 cents). Dickinson and Roe's _Nineteenth Century English Prose_ contains Newman's essay on _Literature_. Selections are given in Craik V., _Century_, and Manly, II. Compare his style with Macaulay's and note the resemblance and the difference. Why did Newman call himself a rhetorician? What qualities does he add to those of a rhetorician? Select passages that show his special clearness, concreteness, also his rhetorical and argumentative power. Carlyle.--Read the _Essay on Robert Burns_ (_Eclectic English Classics_ or _Gateway Series_); _Sartor Resartus_, Book III., Chap. VI. (_Everyman's Library_); _The French Revolution_, Vol. I., Book V., Chap. VI. (_Everyman's Library_). Selections may be found in Craik, V., _Century_, Manly, II., and Evans's Carlyle (_Masters of Literature_). What marked difference in manner of treatment is shown in Macaulay's _Milton_ or _Addison_ and Carlyle's _Burns_? What was Carlyle's message in _Sartor Resartus_? What did Huxley and Tyndale say of his influence? What are the most noteworthy qualities of _The French Revolution_? What are the chief characteristics of Carlyle's style? Ruskin.--In Vol. I., Part II., of _Modern Painters_, read the first part of Chap. I. of Sec. III., Chap. I. of Sec. IV., and Chap. I. of Sec. V., and note Ruskin's
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