Uniform with Longfellow’s “Dante,” Bryant’s “Homer,” and Taylor’s “Faust.” 1 vol. Royal 8vo. $5.00.
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“Without seeking to imitate the verbal exactness of Longfellow’s ‘Dante,’ he has yet kept very close to the original,—in this respect far surpassing Dryden; and it can scarcely be doubted that blank verse is, for most readers, a better equivalent of the Latin hexameter than Conington’s measure. A comparison of single passages, not less than the general impression produced by a careful reading of the whole, will show the superiority of Mr. Cranch’s version. He has given us a translation of Virgil which can be read with pleasure by the classical scholar and by the mere English reader, and which will rank with the best poetical translation of our time.”—Boston Transcript.
“The best translation yet made of Virgil’s master-work.”—N. Y. Evening Mail.
The Masque of the Gods.
By BAYARD TAYLOR.
1 vol. 16mo. $1.25.
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Out-of-Door Rhymes.
By ELIZA SPROAT TURNER.
1 vol. 16mo. $1.50.
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The Household Whittier.
The Complete Poetical Works of
JOHN G. WHITTIER.
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LONGFELLOW’S GREAT TRILOGY.
Christus: A Mystery.
Comprising
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A Story in Verse.1 vol. 16mo. $1.50.
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Pansies.
BY MRS. A. D. T. WHITNEY.
Author of “Leslie Goldthwaite,” “We Girls,” “Real Folks,” etc. 1 vol. 16mo. $1.50.
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Among My Books.
BY
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Contents: Dryden, Witchcraft, Shakespeare, Lessing, New England Two Centuries Ago, Rousseau and the Sentimentalists.
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My Study Windows.
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Essays in Criticism.
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Contents: The functions of Criticism at the Present Time, The Literary Influence of Academies, Maurice de Guérin, Eugénie de Guérin, Heinrich Heine, Pagan and Mediæval Religious Sentiment, Joubert, Spinoza, Marcus Aurelius, On Translating Homer, A French Eton.
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Atlantic Essays.
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Contents: A Plea for Culture, Literature as an Art, Americanism in Literature, A Letter to a Young Contributor, Ought Women to learn the Alphabet? A Charge with Prince Rupert, Mademoiselle’s Campaigns, The Puritan Minister, Fayal and the Portuguese, The Greek Goddesses, Sappho, On an Old Latin Text-book.
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Howells’s Works.
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Household Taste,
In Furniture, Upholstery, and other Details.
By CHARLES L. EASTLAKE,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS.
Edited for American use, with Notes, byCharles C. Perkins, author of “Tuscan Sculptors.” With thirty-four full-page plain and colored Plates, and numerous small illustrations. 1 vol. 8vo. Price $5.00.
Edited for American use, with Notes, byCharles C. Perkins, author of “Tuscan Sculptors.” With thirty-four full-page plain and colored Plates, and numerous small illustrations. 1 vol. 8vo. Price $5.00.
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The Athenæum(London).
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Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Hartford Courant.
“We should say that no woman could read this book without getting some new ideas that will be of great value to her. Especially will she learn that the most costly furniture and decoration are not always in the best taste, and that she cannot have an agreeable home merely by spending money.”
Boston Advertiser.
“Mr. Eastlake remembers that all builders and furnishers of houses are not rich; indeed, he gives especial thought to the thousands who greatly desire beautiful things, butmust haveinexpensive ones; and this increases the practical value of the book.”
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