ON

LITERATURE AND ART.

DELIVERED IN THE

THEATRE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE,
S. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN,

WILLIAM MCGEE 18 NASSAU STREET,
College, School, and Medical Bookseller.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.

PREFACE

CONTENTS.

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LECTURE I.

THREE EPOCHS IN THE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE

ANCIENT GREEKS. By Rev. John P. Mahaffy, A.M.,.

Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin

LECTURE II.

THE POETRY OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. By Rev.

7. H. Fellett, B.D., Fellow of Trinity College, and

Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of

Dublin

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LECTURE III.

THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND ITS ARTS. By John

Ruskin, Esq., D.C.L.

LECTURE IV.

By Edward

MR. TENNYSON AND MR. BROWNING.

Dowden, A. M., Professor of English Literature, Trinity

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By

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ROMEO AND JULIET. By Rev. E. Whately, A.M.

LECTURE VIII.

RECOLLECTIONS OF WORDSWORTH AND THE LAKE

COUNTRY. By Robert Perceval Graves, A. M., Sub-

Dean of the Chapel Royal

LECTURE IX.

SPECIMEN OF A TRANSLATION OF VIRGIL. By the

Right Rev. William Alexander, D.D., Lord Bishop of

Derry and Raphoe

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THREE EPOCHS

IN THE

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANCIENT

GREEKS.

BY

JOHN P. MAHAFFY, A. M.,

FELLOW AND TUTOR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

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