A book written in response to enquiries for an unnamed work, claimed by the author in the preface to be similar to her book The Story Thread. Intended to be a reader or text-book for English literature, the book contains chapters on Chaucer, Spenser, seventeenth century prose, the Scriblerus Club, the Lyrical Ballads, Tennyson and Today's literature. Library stamp on title page. Stain on fore edge of leaves. Loss of cloth at head of spine. Worn at edges of front and back boards.