The Study of Literature

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Excerpt from The Study of Literature: Inaugural Lecture, Delivered in the Convocation Hall, October 12th, 1889 This chair, of which I have the honor to be the first incumbent, is officially entitled the Chair of English, and includes, therefore, two very important and distinct, though connected subjects, English Literature and English Language. It is to the former that I intend to direct your attention to-day, not that I am disposed to undervalue the second of these subjects, on the contrary, of such importance do I deem it, that I hope the day may come when there will be in this University a chair devoted entirely to the English Language. But in the scheme of that liberal culture which is the aim of college training, I think it will not be questioned that English Literature is the more essential and more important of the two. If I mistake not, this chair is regarded primarily as a chair of English Literature by the University authorities as well as by the general public of this province. As therefore, it is impossible within the limits of this inaugural lecture to treat both divisions satisfactorily, I will confine myself on the present occasion to the subject which I consider it to be my main business here to teach, viz., to Literature. About 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.