Over twenty years ago, only two books of English literary history were available tothe students of English major: But nowadays, dozens of books of this type in variousstyles have flooded'into the market, and there are still more to come. And the books written by foreign authors are not difficult to find. In such a situation, to compile a newbook which differs largely from those previous ones will surely become a very difficultand complex task. However, I have managed to work out some principles or featureswhich might distinguish the book from the others.