IN

ENGLISH LITERATURE

BY

ROBERT THOMAS KERLIN, A. M., PH. D.

Professor of English in the Virginia Military Institute

A THESIS

Presented to the Graduate Faculty of Yale University
in Candidacy for the Degree of

Doctor of Philosophy

May 1, 1906

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA :

J. P. BELL COMPANY (Inc.), PRINTERS AND BINDERS

TO THE MEMORY

OF

MY FATHER