Life of John Milton (Esprios Classics)

Richard Garnett C. B. (27 February 1835 - 13 April 1906) was a scholar librarian biographer and poet. He was son of Richard Garnett an author philologist (historical linguist) and assistant keeper of printed books in the British Museum i. e. what is now the British Library. His literary works include numerous translations from the Greek German Italian Spanish and Portuguese; several books of verse; the book of short stories The Twilight of the Gods (1888); biographies of Thomas Carlyle John Milton William Blake and others; The Age of Dryden (1895); a History of Italian Literature; English Literature: An Illustrated Record (with Edmund Gosse); and many articles for encyclopaedias.