Download or read book Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Vol. 2 written by Robert Chambers and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Vol. 2: A History Critical and Biographical of Authors in the English Tongue From the Earliest Times Till the Present Day, With Specimens of Their Writings Gibbon had planned his Decline and Fall, and it was not until 1788 that the last three of its eight volumes made their appearance. By that time Pope had been dead for more than four and-forty years. His in uence was still felt, and continued to be feAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."