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Reading edition
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
FROM ST. FRANCIS TO DANTE.
“A more enlightening picture than any we have yet read.”—Times.
“It will, I hope, be read by every one who wants to know what the Middle Ages were really like.”—Dr. Rashdall in Independent Review.
“Extraordinarily vivacious, fresh, and vivid.”—Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, M.P., in Speaker.
FRIAR’S LANTERN: A Mediæval Fantasia.
“Written with undeniable ability.”—Times.
“Worthy of a place beside the ‘Cloister and the Hearth’ as a true work of art.”—Commonwealth.
FATHER RHINE; with 14 Illustrations.
“This is a very pleasant book of journeying.”—Spectator.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PUBLIC NEEDS.
“If the ‘man in the street,’ who and whoever he be, will take the trouble to read it, his eyes will be opened.”—Times.
MEDIÆVAL STUDIES: Seven Essays mostly reprinted from the monthly and quarterly reviews.
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PORTRAIT OF CHAUCER
PAINTED BY ORDER OF HIS PUPIL THOMAS HOCCLEVE, IN A COPY OF THE LATTER’S “REGEMENT OF PRINCES.” THE HAIR AND BEARD ARE GREY, THE EYES HAZEL: HE HAS A ROSARY IN HIS LEFT HAND AND A BLACK PENCASE OR PENKNIFE HANGS FROM HIS NECK
CHAUCER AND HIS ENGLAND
BY G. G. COULTON, M.A. AUTHOR OF “FROM ST. FRANCIS TO DANTE,” ETC.
WITH THIRTY-TWO ILLUSTRATIONS
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First Published in 1908