PREACHING, when introduced, 326.
PREDECESSORS of Shakespeare, 514.
PRESS, the, dreaded by early writers, 670--673.
PRINTING, invention of, 203--213; first introduced to England,
214--220.
PSYCHOLOGICAL history of Rawleigh, 590.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES first founded, 661.
PUBLIC OPINION, rise of, 368--380.
PURITANS in the time of James I., 681.
PUTTENHAM'S Arte of English Poesie, 405--412.
RALPH ROISTER DOISTER, the first English comedy, 509.
RAMUS opposes Aristotle, 652.
RAWLEIGH, Sir W., his character, 590; his early career, 591; voyages
undertaken at his suggestion, 593; his favour at court, 595; his
reverse of fortune, 597; his affected romance of love to Elizabeth,
_ib._; his first voyage, 598; his restoration to the queen's favour,
601; the Cobham conspiracy, 604; unpopularity with James I., _ib._;
last voyage, 605; death, 606; his ability as a historiographer, 607;
his great general knowledge, 608; his long imprisonment, 610; his
philosophical theology, 612.
REED'S edition of Shakespeare, 568.
REFORMATION, the, 324.
RETAINERS of the old Nobility, 370.
REYNARD the Fox, 260.
RHYME in Italy and France, 393, 394; origin of, 399--402.