| ENGLISH | |
| Edited by A. W. Ward and A. R. Waller. | |
| Volume I. | From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance. |
| II. | The End of the Middle Ages. |
| III. | Renascence and Reformation. |
| IV. | Prose and Poetry from Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. |
| V. | The Drama to 1642: Part I. |
| VI. | The Drama to 1642: Part II. |
| VII. | Cavalier and Puritan. |
| VIII. | The Age of Dryden. |
| IX. | From Steele and Addison to Pope and Swift. |
| X. | The Age of Johnson. |
| XI. | The Period of the French Revolution. |
| XII. | The Romantic Revival. |
| XIII. | The Victorian Age: Part I. |
| XIV. | The Victorian Age: Part II. |
| AMERICAN | |
| Edited by W. P. Trent, J. Erskine, S. P. Sherman, and C. Van Doren. | |
| XV. | Colonial and Revolutionary Literature. |
| Early National Literature: Part I. | |
| XVI. | Early National Literature: Part II. |
| Later National Literature: Part I. | |
| XVII. | Later National Literature: Part II. |
| XVIII. | Later National Literature: Part III. |