The Uses of Literature--Italy, France, England--Purpose of the
Work--Celtic Literary Remains--Druids and Druidism--Roman
Writers--Psalter of Cashel--Welsh Triads and Mabinogion--Gildas and St.
Colm


CHAPTER III.

ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE AND HISTORY.

The Lineage of the Anglo-Saxon--Earliest Saxon Poem--Metrical
Arrangement--Periphrasis and Alliteration--Beowulf--Caedmon--Other
Saxon Fragments--The Appearance of Bede


CHAPTER IV.

THE VENERABLE BEDE AND THE SAXON CHRONICLE.

Biography--Ecclesiastical History--The Recorded Miracles--Bede's
Latin--Other Writers--The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: its Value--Alfred the
Great--Effect of the Danish Invasions


CHAPTER V.

THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND ITS EARLIEST LITERATURE.

Norman Rule--Its Oppression--Its Benefits--William of