First Edition 1880 Reprinted 1883, 1887, 1891, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1907 OXFORD: HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY The Editor wishes to express his thanks to Hallam Lord Tennyson; to Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co.; and to Mrs. Matthew Arnold, for the permission which they have kindly given him to print extracts from the poems of Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Matthew Arnold. CONTENTS. 66 67 70 72 73 73 76 Το [Miss Blackett] on her first Ascent to the Summit of Hel- |