Henry Butler Clarke was a lecturer on Spanish at the University of Oxford's Taylor Institution from 1890 to 1894, and an author of books about Spanish literature and history.

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Formation of the Spanish Language and beginning of Spanish Literature, Chapter 3 Chronicles and Romance of Chivalry, Chapter 4 The Ballads, Chapter 5 Catalan Literature, Chapter 6 Origin of the Drama, Chapter 7 Poetry of the Fifteenth Century - Foreign Influences, Chapter 8 The Novel, Chapter 9 Mystic and Religious Writers, Chapter 10 History, Chapter 11 Religious and Secular Poets of the Golden Age - Culteranismo, Chapter 12 Didactic Works and Collection and Proverbs, Chapter 13 Cervantes, Chapter 14 Lope De Vega, Chapter 15 Quevedo, Chapter 16 Calderon, Chapter 17 Other Dramatists of the Golden Age, Chapter 18 Epic and Narrative Poetry in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Chapter 19 From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the War of Independence, Chapter 20 The First half of the Nineteenth Century, Chapter 21 Contemporary Literature, Alphabetical Index of Authors and Editions recommended for a course of Spanish Reading, Alphabetical List of a few of the Principal Authorities on Spanish Literature, Index

Henry Butler Clarke was a lecturer on Spanish at the University of Oxford's Taylor Institution from 1890 to 1894, and an author of books about Spanish literature and history.

• Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 Formation of the Spanish Language and beginning of Spanish Literature, Chapter 3 Chronicles and Romance of Chivalry, Chapter 4 The Ballads, Chapter 5 Catalan Literature, Chapter 6 Origin of the Drama, Chapter 7 Poetry of the Fifteenth Century - Foreign Influences, Chapter 8 The Novel, Chapter 9 Mystic and Religious Writers, Chapter 10 History, Chapter 11 Religious and Secular Poets of the Golden Age - Culteranismo, Chapter 12 Didactic Works and Collection and Proverbs, Chapter 13 Cervantes, Chapter 14 Lope De Vega, Chapter 15 Quevedo, Chapter 16 Calderon, Chapter 17 Other Dramatists of the Golden Age, Chapter 18 Epic and Narrative Poetry in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Chapter 19 From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the War of Independence, Chapter 20 The First half of the Nineteenth Century, Chapter 21 Contemporary Literature, Alphabetical Index of Authors and Editions recommended for a course of Spanish Reading, Alphabetical List of a few of the Principal Authorities on Spanish Literature, Index