y _A. Russell Bond_. "Scientific American"
Series.

HANDY TABLE OF ENGLISH WRITERS

A. PERIOD OF PREPARATION. From Caedmon's _Paraphrase_, (670),
to the death of Chaucer (1400).
I. Prior to Chaucer's birth (1340?).
_Beowulf._
Caedmon, ?-680.
Bede, 673-735.

II. During Chaucer's life.
Sir John Mandeville, 1300-1372.
John Wyclif, 1324-1384.
William Langland, _Piers Plowman_, 1332-?.
CHAUCER, 1340?-1400.

B. PERIOD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. From the death of Chaucer to present time.
I. The Period of Italian Influence. From the death of Chaucer to the
Restoration of Charles II (1660).
1. The Age of Reaction. From the death of Chaucer to the
Accession of Queen Elizabeth (1558).
Malory, _Morte d'Arthur_.
William Tyndale, 1449-1536.
2. The Age of Elizabeth. From 1558 to 1603,
the Accession of James I.
John Lyly, 1554?-1606.
FRANCIS BACON, 1561-1626.
Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586.
Sir Walter Raleigh, 1552-1618.
EDMUND SPENSER, 1552-1599.
Christopher Marlowe, 1564-1593.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 1564-1616.
Ben Jonson, 1573-1637.
Francis Beaumont, 1584-1616.
John Fletcher, 1579-1625.

3. The Puritan Age. From the Accession of James I to the
Restoration of Charles II (1660).
Izaak Walton, 1593-1683.
Jeremy Taylor, 1613-1667.
Sir Thomas Browne, 1605-1682.
John Bunyan, 1628-1688.
JOHN MILTON, 1608-1674.
Robert Herrick, 1591-1674.

II. The Period of French Influence. From the Restoration of Charles
II to the death of Pope (1744).
1. Age of the Restoration. From the Restoration of Charles II
to the Accession of Queen Anne (1702).
Samuel Butler, 1612-1680.
JOHN DRYDEN, 1631-1700.
John Locke, 1632-1704.
Samuel Pepys, 1633-1703.
Sir Isaac Newton, 1642-1727.

2. The Age of Queen Anne. From the Accession of Queen Anne to
the death of Pope.
Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745.
Daniel De Foe, 1661?-1731.
Richard Steele, 1672-1729.
JOSEPH ADDISON, 1662-1745.
ALEXANDER POPE, 1688-1744.

III. The Mo