BOOKS I AND II

BY

JOHN MILTON

EDITED FOR HIGH SCHOOL USE

BY

WILLIAM I. CRANE

HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
STEELE HIGH SCHOOL, DAYTON, OHIO

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1920

All rights reserved

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

COPYRIGHT, 1900,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFATORY NOTE

INTRODUCTION :

Sketch of the Life of Milton

The Cosmography of the Universe as found in Para-

dise Lost.

Charts to Illustrate Cosmography:

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Maps:

Palestine and Jerusalem

Classical References

Egypt and Arabia

Individual Assignments for Research

Suggestive Questions .

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ARGUMENTS OF BOOKS III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X,