Early Italian literature..

.^^mmmmmmmm^LIBRARY.n a>.pIUNlVERSin OF(^7JjUJ^y^\CALIFORNIASAN OIFG^ojmzi'^m3^on/JEARLYITALIAN LITERATUREVOL. IWorks the Authorby SamePOETS. Selections, withTHE ITALIAN CriticalIntroductions. (Blackie & Son, Ltd.)THE ITALIAN PROSE-WRITERS. Selections,with Critical Introductions. (Blackie & Son, Ltd.)For the useA NEW ITALIAN GRAMMAR.Colleges, and Universities.of Schools, Commercial(Blackie & Son, Ltd.)I.EARLY ITALIAN LITERATURE, VolumeSon, Ltd.)Pre-Dantc Poets. (Blackie &II.EARLY VolumeITALIANLtd.)Early & Son,Prose. (BlackieReader.An ItalianLA DOLCE FAVELLA.Stenhouse.)(A.EARLY-ITALIANLITERATUREVOLUME l- PRE-DANTEPOETICAL-5CHOOL5^Uk Critical \ntrO(iiictto7ij' hyERNESTOGRILLOD.Lt«BLACKIE AND-SON LIMITEDGLASGOW-BOMBAYLONDONToSIR DOJiALD MACALISTERPrincipal Glasgo'w^ Uni'versityINAPPRECIATION OF HIS INTERESTIN MODERN STUDIES—PREFACEThis work has been prepared with the definite aim ofunfolding the wealth and beauties of Pre-Dante ItalianLiterature to University Students and to the cultivatedpublic of the British Isles. I believe that the need ofsuch a book exists, for, since the publication of Rossetti'sExtracts from the poets of Dante's circle, nobody inthis country has attempted to illustrate the Pre-DanteItalian Literature.The presentwork consists of two volumes, one devotedto poetry and the other to prose.In this first volume, due attention has been paid tothe origin of the Italian language and to the ...