Stories of Authors, British and American

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Stories of Authors, British and American, by Edwin Watts ChubbThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: Stories of Authors, British and AmericanAuthor: Edwin Watts ChubbRelease Date: October 13, 2008 [EBook #26910]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AUTHORS, BRITISH AND AMERICAN ***Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Jeannie Howse andthe Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.netTranscriber's Note:Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved.Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For a complete list, pleasesee the end of this document.Click on the images to see a larger version.Geoffrey ChaucerGEOFFREY CHAUCERToListFrom a portrait in Occleve's Poems in the British MuseumStories of AuthorsBritish and AmericanBYEDWIN WATTS CHUBBProfessor of English Literaturein the Ohio University.ILLUSTRATEDNew YorkSTURGIS & WALTONCOMPANY1910All rights reservedCopyright, 1910By STURGIS & WALTON COMPANYSet up and electrotyped. Published February, 1910Reprinted May, 1910PREFACEThe purpose of this book is to help in making literature and the makers of literature alive and interesting. Few schoolshave libraries including the bound volumes ...