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Life of Jane Austen. By Goldwin Smith."Mr. Goldwin Smith has added another to the not inconsiderable roll of eminent men who have found their delight in Jane Austen. Certainly a fascinating book."—Spectator.Life of Balzac. By Frederick Wedmore."A finished study, a concentrated summary, a succinct analysis of Balzac's successes and failures, and the causes of these successes and failures, and of the scope of his genius."—Scottish Leader.Life of Charlotte Brontë. By A. Birrell."Those who know much of Charlotte Brontë will learn more, and those who know nothing about her will find all that is best worth learning in Mr. Birrell's pleasant book."—St. James's Gazette.Life of Browning. By William Sharp."This little volume is a model of excellent English, and in every respect it seems to us what a biography should be."—Public Opinion.Life of Bunyan. By Canon Venables."A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir."—Scotsman.Life of Burns. By Professor Blackie."The editor certainly made a hit when he persuaded Blackie to write about Burns."—Pall Mall Gazette.Life of Byron. By Hon. Roden Noel."He [Mr. Noel] has at any rate given to the world the most credible and comprehensible portrait of the poet ever drawn with pen and ink."—Manchester Examiner.Life of Thomas Carlyle. By R. Garnett, LL.D."This is an admirable book. Nothing could be more felicitous and fairer than the way in which he takes us through Carlyle's life and works."—Pall Mall Gazette.Life of Cervantes. By H.E. Watts."Let us rather say that no volume of this series, nor, so far as we can recollect, of any of the other numerous similar series, presents the facts of the subject in a more workmanlike style, or with more exhaustive knowledge."—Manchester Guardian.Life of Coleridge. By Hall Caine."Brief and vigorous, written throughout with spirit and great literary skill."—Scotsman.Life of Congreve. By Edmund Gosse."Mr. Gosse has written an admirable and most interesting biography of a man of letters who is of particular interest to other men of letters."—The Academy.Life of Crabbe. By T.E. Kebbel."No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely; and in the qualities of manliness and of sincerity he is surpassed by none.... Mr. Kebbel's monograph is worthy of the subject."—Athenæum.Life of Darwin. By G.T. Bettany."Mr. G.T. Bettany'sLife of Darwinis a sound and conscientious work."—Saturday Review.Life of Dickens. By Frank T. Marzials."Notwithstanding the mass of matter that has been printed relating to Dickens and his works, ... we should, until we came across this volume, have been at a loss to recommend any popular life of England's most popular novelist as being really satisfactory. The difficulty is removed by Mr. Marzials' little book."—Athenæum.Life of George Eliot. By Oscar Browning."We are thankful for this interesting addition to our knowledge of the great novelist."—Literary World.Life of Emerson. By Richard Garnett, LL.D."As to the larger section of the public, to whom the series of Great Writers is addressed, no record of Emerson's life and work could be more desirable, both in breadth of treatment and lucidity of style, than Dr. Garnett's."—Saturday Review.Life of Goethe. By James Sime."Mr. James Sime's competence as a biographer of Goethe, both in respect of knowledge of his special subject, and of German literature generally, is beyond question."—Manchester Guardian.Life of Goldsmith. By Austin Dobson."The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold as none could tell it better."—Daily News.Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. By Moncure Conway."Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no useless fact is recalled."—Speaker.Life of Heine. By William Sharp."This is an admirable monograph, ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism of its theme than any other English work."—Scotsman.Life of Victor Hugo. By Frank T. Marzials."Mr. Marzials' volume presents to us, in a more handy form than any English, or even French, handbook gives, the summary of what, up to the moment in which we write, is known or conjectured about the life of the great poet."—Saturday Review.Life of Hunt. By Cosmo Monkhouse."Mr. Monkhouse has brought together and skilfully set in order much widely scattered material."—Athenæum.Life of Samuel Johnson. By Colonel F. Grant."Colonel Grant has performed his task with diligence, sound judgment, good taste, and accuracy."—Illustrated London News.Life of Keats. By W.M. Rossetti."Valuable for the ample information which it contains."—Cambridge Independent.Life of Lessing. By T.W. Rolleston."A picture of Lessing which is vivid and truthful, and has enough of detail for all ordinary purposes."—Nation(New York).Life of Longfellow. By Prof. Eric S. Robertson."A most readable little book."—Liverpool Mercury.Life of Marryat. By David Hannay."What Mr. Hannay had to do—give a craftsman-like account of a great craftsman who has been almost incomprehensibly undervalued—could hardly have been done better than in this little volume."—Manchester Guardian.Life of Mill. By W.L. Courtney."A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir."—Glasgow Herald.Life of Milton. By Richard Garnett, LL.D."Within equal compass the life-story of the great poet of Puritanism has never been more charmingly or adequately told."—Scottish Leader.Life of Renan. By Francis Espinasse."Sufficiently full in details to give us a living picture of the great scholar, ... and never tiresome or dull."—Westminster Review.Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. By J. Knight."Mr. Knight's picture of the great poet and painter is the fullest and best yet presented to the public."—The Graphic.Life of Schiller. By Henry W. Nevinson."This is a well-written little volume, which presents the leading facts of the poet's life in a neatly rounded picture."—Scotsman."Mr. Nevinson has added much to the charm of his book by his spirited translations, which give excellently both the ring and sense of the original."—Manchester Guardian.Life of Arthur Schopenhauer. By William Wallace."The series of Great Writers has hardly had a contribution of more marked and peculiar excellence than the book which the Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford has written for it on the attractive and still (in England) little-known subject of Schopenhauer."—Manchester Guardian.Life of Scott. By Professor Yonge."For readers and lovers of the poems and novels of Sir Walter Scott this is a most enjoyable book."—Aberdeen Free Press.Life of Shelley. By William Sharp."The criticisms ... entitle this capital monograph to be ranked with the best biographies of Shelley."—Westminster Review.Life of Sheridan. By Lloyd Sanders."To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan is really to award much fainter praise than the book deserves."—Manchester Guardian."Rapid and workmanlike in style, the author has evidently a good practical knowledge of the stage of Sheridan's day."—Saturday Review.Life of Adam Smith. By R.B. Haldane, M.P."Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science."—Scotsman."Mr. Haldane's handling of his subject impresses us as that of a man who well understands his theme, and who knows how to elucidate it."-Scottish Leader."A beginner in political economy might easily do worse than take Mr. Haldane's book as his first text-book."—Graphic.Life of Smollett. By David Hannay."A capital record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel."—Saturday Review."Mr. Hannay is excellently equipped for writing the life of Smollett. As a specialist on the history of the eighteenth century navy, he is at a great advantage in handling works so full of the sea and sailors as Smollett's three principal novels. Moreover, he has a complete acquaintance with the Spanish romancers, from whom Smollet drew so much of his inspiration. His criticism is generally acute and discriminating; and his narrative is well arranged, compact, and accurate."—St. James's Gazette.Life of Thackeray. By Herman Merivale and Frank T. Marzials."The book, with its excellent bibliography, is one which neither the student nor the general reader can well afford to miss."—Pall Mall Gazette."The last book published by Messrs. Merivale and Marzials is full of very real and true things."—Mrs.Anne Thackeray Ritchieon "Thackeray and his Biographers," inIllustrated London News.Life of Thoreau. By H.S. Salt."Mr. Salt's volume ought to do much towards widening the knowledge and appreciation in England of one of the most original men ever produced by the United States."—Illustrated London News.Life of Voltaire. By Francis Espinasse."Up to date, accurate, impartial, and bright without any trace of affectation."—Academy.Life of Whittier. By W.J. Linton."Mr. Linton is a sympathetic and yet judicious critic of Whittier."—World.Complete Bibliography to each volume, byJ.P. Anderson, British Museum, London."An excellent series."—Telegraph."Excellently translated, beautifully bound, and elegantly printed."—Liverpool Mercury."Notable for the high standard of taste and excellent judgment that characterise their editing, as well as for the brilliancy of the literature that they contain."—Boston Gazette, U.S.A.New York:Charles Scribner's Sons.
Life of Jane Austen. By Goldwin Smith.
"Mr. Goldwin Smith has added another to the not inconsiderable roll of eminent men who have found their delight in Jane Austen. Certainly a fascinating book."—Spectator.
"Mr. Goldwin Smith has added another to the not inconsiderable roll of eminent men who have found their delight in Jane Austen. Certainly a fascinating book."—Spectator.
Life of Balzac. By Frederick Wedmore.
"A finished study, a concentrated summary, a succinct analysis of Balzac's successes and failures, and the causes of these successes and failures, and of the scope of his genius."—Scottish Leader.
"A finished study, a concentrated summary, a succinct analysis of Balzac's successes and failures, and the causes of these successes and failures, and of the scope of his genius."—Scottish Leader.
Life of Charlotte Brontë. By A. Birrell.
"Those who know much of Charlotte Brontë will learn more, and those who know nothing about her will find all that is best worth learning in Mr. Birrell's pleasant book."—St. James's Gazette.
"Those who know much of Charlotte Brontë will learn more, and those who know nothing about her will find all that is best worth learning in Mr. Birrell's pleasant book."—St. James's Gazette.
Life of Browning. By William Sharp.
"This little volume is a model of excellent English, and in every respect it seems to us what a biography should be."—Public Opinion.
"This little volume is a model of excellent English, and in every respect it seems to us what a biography should be."—Public Opinion.
Life of Bunyan. By Canon Venables.
"A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir."—Scotsman.
"A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir."—Scotsman.
Life of Burns. By Professor Blackie.
"The editor certainly made a hit when he persuaded Blackie to write about Burns."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The editor certainly made a hit when he persuaded Blackie to write about Burns."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Life of Byron. By Hon. Roden Noel.
"He [Mr. Noel] has at any rate given to the world the most credible and comprehensible portrait of the poet ever drawn with pen and ink."—Manchester Examiner.
"He [Mr. Noel] has at any rate given to the world the most credible and comprehensible portrait of the poet ever drawn with pen and ink."—Manchester Examiner.
Life of Thomas Carlyle. By R. Garnett, LL.D.
"This is an admirable book. Nothing could be more felicitous and fairer than the way in which he takes us through Carlyle's life and works."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"This is an admirable book. Nothing could be more felicitous and fairer than the way in which he takes us through Carlyle's life and works."—Pall Mall Gazette.
Life of Cervantes. By H.E. Watts.
"Let us rather say that no volume of this series, nor, so far as we can recollect, of any of the other numerous similar series, presents the facts of the subject in a more workmanlike style, or with more exhaustive knowledge."—Manchester Guardian.
"Let us rather say that no volume of this series, nor, so far as we can recollect, of any of the other numerous similar series, presents the facts of the subject in a more workmanlike style, or with more exhaustive knowledge."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Coleridge. By Hall Caine.
"Brief and vigorous, written throughout with spirit and great literary skill."—Scotsman.
"Brief and vigorous, written throughout with spirit and great literary skill."—Scotsman.
Life of Congreve. By Edmund Gosse.
"Mr. Gosse has written an admirable and most interesting biography of a man of letters who is of particular interest to other men of letters."—The Academy.
"Mr. Gosse has written an admirable and most interesting biography of a man of letters who is of particular interest to other men of letters."—The Academy.
Life of Crabbe. By T.E. Kebbel.
"No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely; and in the qualities of manliness and of sincerity he is surpassed by none.... Mr. Kebbel's monograph is worthy of the subject."—Athenæum.
"No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely; and in the qualities of manliness and of sincerity he is surpassed by none.... Mr. Kebbel's monograph is worthy of the subject."—Athenæum.
Life of Darwin. By G.T. Bettany.
"Mr. G.T. Bettany'sLife of Darwinis a sound and conscientious work."—Saturday Review.
"Mr. G.T. Bettany'sLife of Darwinis a sound and conscientious work."—Saturday Review.
Life of Dickens. By Frank T. Marzials.
"Notwithstanding the mass of matter that has been printed relating to Dickens and his works, ... we should, until we came across this volume, have been at a loss to recommend any popular life of England's most popular novelist as being really satisfactory. The difficulty is removed by Mr. Marzials' little book."—Athenæum.
"Notwithstanding the mass of matter that has been printed relating to Dickens and his works, ... we should, until we came across this volume, have been at a loss to recommend any popular life of England's most popular novelist as being really satisfactory. The difficulty is removed by Mr. Marzials' little book."—Athenæum.
Life of George Eliot. By Oscar Browning.
"We are thankful for this interesting addition to our knowledge of the great novelist."—Literary World.
"We are thankful for this interesting addition to our knowledge of the great novelist."—Literary World.
Life of Emerson. By Richard Garnett, LL.D.
"As to the larger section of the public, to whom the series of Great Writers is addressed, no record of Emerson's life and work could be more desirable, both in breadth of treatment and lucidity of style, than Dr. Garnett's."—Saturday Review.
"As to the larger section of the public, to whom the series of Great Writers is addressed, no record of Emerson's life and work could be more desirable, both in breadth of treatment and lucidity of style, than Dr. Garnett's."—Saturday Review.
Life of Goethe. By James Sime.
"Mr. James Sime's competence as a biographer of Goethe, both in respect of knowledge of his special subject, and of German literature generally, is beyond question."—Manchester Guardian.
"Mr. James Sime's competence as a biographer of Goethe, both in respect of knowledge of his special subject, and of German literature generally, is beyond question."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Goldsmith. By Austin Dobson.
"The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold as none could tell it better."—Daily News.
"The story of his literary and social life in London, with all its humorous and pathetic vicissitudes, is here retold as none could tell it better."—Daily News.
Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. By Moncure Conway.
"Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no useless fact is recalled."—Speaker.
"Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no useless fact is recalled."—Speaker.
Life of Heine. By William Sharp.
"This is an admirable monograph, ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism of its theme than any other English work."—Scotsman.
"This is an admirable monograph, ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism of its theme than any other English work."—Scotsman.
Life of Victor Hugo. By Frank T. Marzials.
"Mr. Marzials' volume presents to us, in a more handy form than any English, or even French, handbook gives, the summary of what, up to the moment in which we write, is known or conjectured about the life of the great poet."—Saturday Review.
"Mr. Marzials' volume presents to us, in a more handy form than any English, or even French, handbook gives, the summary of what, up to the moment in which we write, is known or conjectured about the life of the great poet."—Saturday Review.
Life of Hunt. By Cosmo Monkhouse.
"Mr. Monkhouse has brought together and skilfully set in order much widely scattered material."—Athenæum.
"Mr. Monkhouse has brought together and skilfully set in order much widely scattered material."—Athenæum.
Life of Samuel Johnson. By Colonel F. Grant.
"Colonel Grant has performed his task with diligence, sound judgment, good taste, and accuracy."—Illustrated London News.
"Colonel Grant has performed his task with diligence, sound judgment, good taste, and accuracy."—Illustrated London News.
Life of Keats. By W.M. Rossetti.
"Valuable for the ample information which it contains."—Cambridge Independent.
"Valuable for the ample information which it contains."—Cambridge Independent.
Life of Lessing. By T.W. Rolleston.
"A picture of Lessing which is vivid and truthful, and has enough of detail for all ordinary purposes."—Nation(New York).
"A picture of Lessing which is vivid and truthful, and has enough of detail for all ordinary purposes."—Nation(New York).
Life of Longfellow. By Prof. Eric S. Robertson.
"A most readable little book."—Liverpool Mercury.
"A most readable little book."—Liverpool Mercury.
Life of Marryat. By David Hannay.
"What Mr. Hannay had to do—give a craftsman-like account of a great craftsman who has been almost incomprehensibly undervalued—could hardly have been done better than in this little volume."—Manchester Guardian.
"What Mr. Hannay had to do—give a craftsman-like account of a great craftsman who has been almost incomprehensibly undervalued—could hardly have been done better than in this little volume."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Mill. By W.L. Courtney.
"A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir."—Glasgow Herald.
"A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir."—Glasgow Herald.
Life of Milton. By Richard Garnett, LL.D.
"Within equal compass the life-story of the great poet of Puritanism has never been more charmingly or adequately told."—Scottish Leader.
"Within equal compass the life-story of the great poet of Puritanism has never been more charmingly or adequately told."—Scottish Leader.
Life of Renan. By Francis Espinasse.
"Sufficiently full in details to give us a living picture of the great scholar, ... and never tiresome or dull."—Westminster Review.
"Sufficiently full in details to give us a living picture of the great scholar, ... and never tiresome or dull."—Westminster Review.
Life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. By J. Knight.
"Mr. Knight's picture of the great poet and painter is the fullest and best yet presented to the public."—The Graphic.
"Mr. Knight's picture of the great poet and painter is the fullest and best yet presented to the public."—The Graphic.
Life of Schiller. By Henry W. Nevinson.
"This is a well-written little volume, which presents the leading facts of the poet's life in a neatly rounded picture."—Scotsman."Mr. Nevinson has added much to the charm of his book by his spirited translations, which give excellently both the ring and sense of the original."—Manchester Guardian.
"This is a well-written little volume, which presents the leading facts of the poet's life in a neatly rounded picture."—Scotsman.
"Mr. Nevinson has added much to the charm of his book by his spirited translations, which give excellently both the ring and sense of the original."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Arthur Schopenhauer. By William Wallace.
"The series of Great Writers has hardly had a contribution of more marked and peculiar excellence than the book which the Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford has written for it on the attractive and still (in England) little-known subject of Schopenhauer."—Manchester Guardian.
"The series of Great Writers has hardly had a contribution of more marked and peculiar excellence than the book which the Whyte Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford has written for it on the attractive and still (in England) little-known subject of Schopenhauer."—Manchester Guardian.
Life of Scott. By Professor Yonge.
"For readers and lovers of the poems and novels of Sir Walter Scott this is a most enjoyable book."—Aberdeen Free Press.
"For readers and lovers of the poems and novels of Sir Walter Scott this is a most enjoyable book."—Aberdeen Free Press.
Life of Shelley. By William Sharp.
"The criticisms ... entitle this capital monograph to be ranked with the best biographies of Shelley."—Westminster Review.
"The criticisms ... entitle this capital monograph to be ranked with the best biographies of Shelley."—Westminster Review.
Life of Sheridan. By Lloyd Sanders.
"To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan is really to award much fainter praise than the book deserves."—Manchester Guardian."Rapid and workmanlike in style, the author has evidently a good practical knowledge of the stage of Sheridan's day."—Saturday Review.
"To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan is really to award much fainter praise than the book deserves."—Manchester Guardian.
"Rapid and workmanlike in style, the author has evidently a good practical knowledge of the stage of Sheridan's day."—Saturday Review.
Life of Adam Smith. By R.B. Haldane, M.P.
"Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science."—Scotsman."Mr. Haldane's handling of his subject impresses us as that of a man who well understands his theme, and who knows how to elucidate it."-Scottish Leader."A beginner in political economy might easily do worse than take Mr. Haldane's book as his first text-book."—Graphic.
"Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science."—Scotsman.
"Mr. Haldane's handling of his subject impresses us as that of a man who well understands his theme, and who knows how to elucidate it."-Scottish Leader.
"A beginner in political economy might easily do worse than take Mr. Haldane's book as his first text-book."—Graphic.
Life of Smollett. By David Hannay.
"A capital record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel."—Saturday Review."Mr. Hannay is excellently equipped for writing the life of Smollett. As a specialist on the history of the eighteenth century navy, he is at a great advantage in handling works so full of the sea and sailors as Smollett's three principal novels. Moreover, he has a complete acquaintance with the Spanish romancers, from whom Smollet drew so much of his inspiration. His criticism is generally acute and discriminating; and his narrative is well arranged, compact, and accurate."—St. James's Gazette.
"A capital record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel."—Saturday Review.
"Mr. Hannay is excellently equipped for writing the life of Smollett. As a specialist on the history of the eighteenth century navy, he is at a great advantage in handling works so full of the sea and sailors as Smollett's three principal novels. Moreover, he has a complete acquaintance with the Spanish romancers, from whom Smollet drew so much of his inspiration. His criticism is generally acute and discriminating; and his narrative is well arranged, compact, and accurate."—St. James's Gazette.
Life of Thackeray. By Herman Merivale and Frank T. Marzials.
"The book, with its excellent bibliography, is one which neither the student nor the general reader can well afford to miss."—Pall Mall Gazette."The last book published by Messrs. Merivale and Marzials is full of very real and true things."—Mrs.Anne Thackeray Ritchieon "Thackeray and his Biographers," inIllustrated London News.
"The book, with its excellent bibliography, is one which neither the student nor the general reader can well afford to miss."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"The last book published by Messrs. Merivale and Marzials is full of very real and true things."—Mrs.Anne Thackeray Ritchieon "Thackeray and his Biographers," inIllustrated London News.
Life of Thoreau. By H.S. Salt.
"Mr. Salt's volume ought to do much towards widening the knowledge and appreciation in England of one of the most original men ever produced by the United States."—Illustrated London News.
"Mr. Salt's volume ought to do much towards widening the knowledge and appreciation in England of one of the most original men ever produced by the United States."—Illustrated London News.
Life of Voltaire. By Francis Espinasse.
"Up to date, accurate, impartial, and bright without any trace of affectation."—Academy.
"Up to date, accurate, impartial, and bright without any trace of affectation."—Academy.
Life of Whittier. By W.J. Linton.
"Mr. Linton is a sympathetic and yet judicious critic of Whittier."—World.
"Mr. Linton is a sympathetic and yet judicious critic of Whittier."—World.
Complete Bibliography to each volume, byJ.P. Anderson, British Museum, London."An excellent series."—Telegraph."Excellently translated, beautifully bound, and elegantly printed."—Liverpool Mercury."Notable for the high standard of taste and excellent judgment that characterise their editing, as well as for the brilliancy of the literature that they contain."—Boston Gazette, U.S.A.
Complete Bibliography to each volume, byJ.P. Anderson, British Museum, London.
"An excellent series."—Telegraph.
"Excellently translated, beautifully bound, and elegantly printed."—Liverpool Mercury.
"Notable for the high standard of taste and excellent judgment that characterise their editing, as well as for the brilliancy of the literature that they contain."—Boston Gazette, U.S.A.
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The Humour of France.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byElizabeth Lee. With numerous Illustrations byPaul Frénzeny."From Villon to Paul Verlaine, from datelessfabliauxto newspapers fresh from the kiosk, we have a tremendous range of selections."—Birmingham Daily Gazette."French wit is excellently represented. We have here examples of Villon, Rabelais, and Molière, but we have specimens also of La Rochefoucauld, Regnard, Voltaire, Beaumarchais, Chamfort, Dumas, Gautier, Labiche, De Banville, Pailleron, and many others.... The book sparkles from beginning to end."—Globe.The Humour of Germany.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byHans Müller-Casenov. With numerous Illustrations byC.E. Brock."An excellently representative volume."—Daily Telegraph."Whether it is Saxon kinship or the fine qualities of the collection, we have found this volume the most entertaining of the three. Its riotous absurdities well overbalance its examples of the oppressively heavy.... The national impulse to make fun of the war correspondent has a capital example in the skit from Julius Stettenheim."—New York Independent.The Humour of Italy.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byA. Werner. With 50 Illustrations and a Frontispiece byArturo Faldi."Will reveal to English readers a whole new world of literature."—Athenæum."Apart from selections of writers of classical reputation, the book contains some delightful modern short stories and sketches. We may particularly mention those by Verga, Capuana, De Amicis.... Excellent also are one or two of the jokes and 'bulls' which figure under the heading of newspaper humour."—Literary World.The Humour of America.Selected, with a copious Biographical Index of American Humorists, byJames Barr."There is not a dull page in the volume; it fairly sparkles and ripples with good things."—Manchester Examiner.The Humour of Holland.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byA. Werner. With numerous Illustrations byDudley Hardy."Apart from the quality of humour, one is much struck by the evidence that in Holland during the present day there is a genial literature, of which we have known nothing at all. The pictures, just on the verge of caricature mostly, are very well drawn."—The Bookman.The Humour of Ireland.Selected byD.J. O'Donoghue. With numerous Illustrations byOliver Paque."A most conscientiously, exhaustively, excellently compiled book; the editor could not have done his work better."—The Speaker."Does all that such a volume possibly could do for the magnificent genius with which it grapples."—Chronicle.The Humour of Spain.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, bySusette M. Taylor. With numerous Illustrations byH.R. Millar."Mirth and entertainment are in the book entitled the Humour of Spain, as well as many quaint and unexpected side-lights on the social characteristics of an impressionable race. Miss Taylor displays a wide acquaintance with Spanish literature and contemporary life, and as her judgment as well as her knowledge is considerable, the result is a charming book."—The Speaker."The impression of the whole book is a good one, and it is admirably got up, and illustrated with great spirit. It should be very largely read."—Daily Chronicle.The Humour of Russia.Translated, with Notes, byE.L. Boole, and an Introduction byStepniak. With 50 Illustrations byPaul Frénzeny."This is one of the most entertaining of the 'International Humour' Series, since it comprises some really exquisite examples of humour, such as Gogol's diverting little comedy, 'Marriage,' and Ostrovsky's delightful sketch, 'Incompatibility of Temper.'"—Saturday Review.New York:Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Humour of France.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byElizabeth Lee. With numerous Illustrations byPaul Frénzeny.
"From Villon to Paul Verlaine, from datelessfabliauxto newspapers fresh from the kiosk, we have a tremendous range of selections."—Birmingham Daily Gazette."French wit is excellently represented. We have here examples of Villon, Rabelais, and Molière, but we have specimens also of La Rochefoucauld, Regnard, Voltaire, Beaumarchais, Chamfort, Dumas, Gautier, Labiche, De Banville, Pailleron, and many others.... The book sparkles from beginning to end."—Globe.
"From Villon to Paul Verlaine, from datelessfabliauxto newspapers fresh from the kiosk, we have a tremendous range of selections."—Birmingham Daily Gazette.
"French wit is excellently represented. We have here examples of Villon, Rabelais, and Molière, but we have specimens also of La Rochefoucauld, Regnard, Voltaire, Beaumarchais, Chamfort, Dumas, Gautier, Labiche, De Banville, Pailleron, and many others.... The book sparkles from beginning to end."—Globe.
The Humour of Germany.Translated, with an Introduction and Notes, byHans Müller-Casenov. With numerous Illustrations byC.E. Brock.
"An excellently representative volume."—Daily Telegraph."Whether it is Saxon kinship or the fine qualities of the collection, we have found this volume the most entertaining of the three. Its riotous absurdities well overbalance its examples of the oppressively heavy.... The national impulse to make fun of the war correspondent has a capital example in the skit from Julius Stettenheim."—New York Independent.
"An excellently representative volume."—Daily Telegraph.
"Whether it is Saxon kinship or the fine qualities of the collection, we have found this volume the most entertaining of the three. Its riotous absurdities well overbalance its examples of the oppressively heavy.... The national impulse to make fun of the war correspondent has a capital example in the skit from Julius Stettenheim."—New York Independent.
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"Mirth and entertainment are in the book entitled the Humour of Spain, as well as many quaint and unexpected side-lights on the social characteristics of an impressionable race. Miss Taylor displays a wide acquaintance with Spanish literature and contemporary life, and as her judgment as well as her knowledge is considerable, the result is a charming book."—The Speaker.
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Illustrated."Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it."—Literary World(Boston).V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. ByJ.B. Sutton, F.R.C.S. With 135 Illustrations."The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference."—Journal of Mental Science.VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. ByG.L. Gomme. Illustrated."His book will probably remain for some time the best work of reference for facts bearing on those traces of the village community which have not been effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman law."—Scottish Leader.VII. THE CRIMINAL. ByHavelock Ellis. Illustrated. Second Edition."The sociologist, the philosopher, the philanthropist, the novelist—all, indeed, for whom the study of human nature has any attraction—will find Mr. Ellis full of interest and suggestiveness."—Academy.VIII. SANITY AND INSANITY. By Dr.Charles Mercier. Illustrated."Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time."—Pall Mall Gazette.IX. HYPNOTISM. By Dr.Albert Moll. Fourth Edition."Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England."—Nature.X. MANUAL TRAINING. By Dr.C.M. Woodward, Director of the Manual Training School, St. Louis. Illustrated."There is no greater authority on the subject than Professor Woodward."—Manchester Guardian.XI. THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES. ByE. Sidney Hartland."Mr. Hartland's book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout."—Spectator.XII. PRIMITIVE FOLK. ByElie Reclus."An attractive and useful introduction to the study of some aspects of ethnography."—Nature.XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. By ProfessorLetourneau."Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business. In the volume before us he shows these qualities in an admirable degree."—Science.XIV. BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS. By Dr.G. Sims Woodhead. Illustrated. Second Edition."An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject."—Lancet.XV. EDUCATION AND HEREDITY. ByJ.M. Guyau."It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pedagogics. It is doubtful whether, among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question, any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence."—ProfessorSullyinMind.XVI. THE MAN OF GENIUS. By Prof.Lombroso. Illustrated."By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together."—Journal of Mental Science.XVII. THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN FAUNA. ByR.F. Scharff, B.Sc, Ph.D., F.Z.S. Illustrated.XVIII. PROPERTY: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. ByCh. Letourneau, General Secretary to the Anthropological Society, Paris, and Professor in the School of Anthropology, Paris."M. Letourneau has read a great deal, and he seems to us to have selected and interpreted his facts with considerable judgment and learning."—Westminster Review.XIX. VOLCANOES, PAST AND PRESENT. By Prof.Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S."A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes."—Nature.XX. PUBLIC HEALTH. By Dr.J.F.J. Sykes. With numerous Illustrations."Not by any means a mere compilation or a dry record of details and statistics, but it takes up essential points in evolution, environment, prophylaxis, and sanitation bearing upon the preservation of public health."—Lancet.XXI. MODERN METEOROLOGY.An Account of the Growth and Present Condition of some Branches of Meteorological Science. ByFrank Waldo, Ph.D., Member of the German and Austrian Meteorological Societies, etc.; late Junior Professor, Signal Service, U.S.A. With 112 Illustrations."The present volume is the best on the subject for general use that we have seen."—Daily Telegraph(London).XXII. THE GERM-PLASM: A THEORY OF HEREDITY. ByAugust Weismann, Professor in the University of Freiburg-in-Breisgau. 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His book is a sane and impartial consideration, from a psychological and anthropological point of view, of a subject which is certainly of primary interest."-Athenæum.XXV. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM. ByJohn A. Hobson, M.A."Every page affords evidence of wide and minute study, a weighing of facts as conscientious as it is acute, a keen sense of the importance of certain points as to which economists of all schools have hitherto been confused and careless, and an impartiality generally so great as to give no indication of his [Mr. Hobson's] personal sympathies."—Pall Mall Gazette.XXVI. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE. ByFrank Podmore, M.A."A very sober and interesting little book.... That thought-transference is a real thing, though not perhaps a very common thing, he certainly shows."—Spectator.XXVII. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By ProfessorC. Lloyd Morgan. With Diagrams."A strong and complete exposition of Psychology, as it takes shape in a mind previously informed with biological science.... Well written, extremely entertaining, and intrinsically valuable."—Saturday Review.XXVIII. THE ORIGINS OF INVENTION:A Study of Industry among Primitive Peoples. ByOtis T. Mason, Curator of the Department of Ethnology in the United States National Museum."A valuable history of the development of the inventive faculty."—Nature.XXIX. THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN:A Study of the Nervous System in relation to Education. ByHenry Herbert Donaldson, Professor of Neurology in the University of Chicago."We can say with confidence that Professor Donaldson has executed his work with much care, judgment, and discrimination."—The Lancet.XXX. EVOLUTION IN ART:As Illustrated by the Life-Histories of Designs. By ProfessorAlfred C. HADDON. With 130 Illustrations."It is impossible to speak too highly of this most unassuming and invaluable book."—Journal of Anthropological Institute.XXXI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS. ByTh. Ribot, Professor at the College of France, Editor of theRevue Philosophique."Professor Ribot's treatment is careful, modern, and adequate."—Academy.XXXII. HALLUCINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS:A Study of the Fallacies of Perception. ByEdmund Parish."This remarkable little volume."—Daily News.XXXIII. THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY. ByE.W. Scripture, Ph.D. (Leipzig). With 124 Illustrations.XXXIV. SLEEP:Its Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, and Psychology. By Marie de Manaceïne(St. Petersburg). Illustrated.XXXV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DIGESTION. ByA. Lockhart Gillespie, M.D., F.R.C.P.Ed., F.R.S.Ed.With a large number of Illustrations and Diagrams."Dr. Gillespie's work is one that has been greatly needed. No comprehensive collation of this kind exists in recent English Literature."—American Journal of the Medical Sciences.XXXVI. DEGENERACY:Its Causes, Signs, and Results. By ProfessorEugene S. Talbot, M.D., Chicago. With Illustrations."The author is bold, original, and suggestive, and his work is a contribution of real and indeed great value, more so on the whole than anything that has yet appeared in this country."—American Journal of Psychology.XXXVII. THE RACES OF MAN:A Sketch of Ethnography and Anthropology. ByJ. Deniker. With 178 Illustrations."Dr. Deniker has achieved a success which is well-nigh phenomenal."—British Medical Journal.XXXVIII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION.An Empirical Study of the Growth of Religious Consciousness. ByEdwin Diller StarbuckPh.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Leland Stanford Junior University."No one interested in the study of religious life and experience can afford to neglect this volume."—Morning Herald.XXXIX. THE CHILD:A Study in the Evolution of Man. By Dr.Alexander Francis Chamberlain, M.A., Ph.D., Lecturer on Anthropology in Clark University, Worcester (Mass.). With Illustrations."The work contains much curious information, and should be studied by those who have to do with children."—Sheffield Daily Telegraph.XL. THE MEDITERRANEAN RACE. By ProfessorSergi. With over 100 Illustrations."M. Sergi has given us a lucid and complete exposition of his views on a subject of supreme interest."—Irish Times.XLI. THE STUDY OF RELIGION. ByMorris Jastrow, Jun., Ph.D., Professor in the University of Pennsylvania."This work presents a careful survey of the subject, and forms an admirable introduction to any particular branch of it."—Methodist Times.XLII. HISTORY OF GEOLOGY AND PALÆONTOLOGY TO THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ByKarl von Zittel."It is a very masterly treatise, written with a wide grasp of recent discoveries."—Publishers' Circular.XLIII. THE MAKING OF CITIZENS:A Study in Comparative Education. ByR.E. Hughes, M.A. (Oxon.), B.Sc. (Lond.).New York:Charles Scribner's Sons.
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Prof.Patrick GeddesandJ.A. Thomson. With 90 Illustrations. Second Edition.
"The authors have brought to the task—as indeed their names guarantee—a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method of treatment, and a rich vein of picturesque language."—Nature.
"The authors have brought to the task—as indeed their names guarantee—a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method of treatment, and a rich vein of picturesque language."—Nature.
II. ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. ByG.W. de Tunzelmann. With 88 Illustrations.
"A clearly written and connected sketch of what is known about electricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the principles on which they are based."—Saturday Review.
"A clearly written and connected sketch of what is known about electricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the principles on which they are based."—Saturday Review.
III. THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS. By Dr.Isaac Taylor. Illustrated. Second Edition.
"Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopædic all-round scholar now living. His new volume on theOrigin of the Aryansis a first-rate example of the excellent account to which he can turn his exceptionally wide and varied information.... Masterly and exhaustive."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopædic all-round scholar now living. His new volume on theOrigin of the Aryansis a first-rate example of the excellent account to which he can turn his exceptionally wide and varied information.... Masterly and exhaustive."—Pall Mall Gazette.
IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION. ByP. Mantegazza. Illustrated.
"Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it."—Literary World(Boston).
"Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it."—Literary World(Boston).
V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. ByJ.B. Sutton, F.R.C.S. With 135 Illustrations.
"The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference."—Journal of Mental Science.
"The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference."—Journal of Mental Science.
VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. ByG.L. Gomme. Illustrated.
"His book will probably remain for some time the best work of reference for facts bearing on those traces of the village community which have not been effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman law."—Scottish Leader.
"His book will probably remain for some time the best work of reference for facts bearing on those traces of the village community which have not been effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman law."—Scottish Leader.
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"The sociologist, the philosopher, the philanthropist, the novelist—all, indeed, for whom the study of human nature has any attraction—will find Mr. Ellis full of interest and suggestiveness."—Academy.
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"Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time."—Pall Mall Gazette.
"Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time."—Pall Mall Gazette.
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"Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England."—Nature.
"Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England."—Nature.
X. MANUAL TRAINING. By Dr.C.M. Woodward, Director of the Manual Training School, St. Louis. Illustrated.
"There is no greater authority on the subject than Professor Woodward."—Manchester Guardian.
"There is no greater authority on the subject than Professor Woodward."—Manchester Guardian.
XI. THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES. ByE. Sidney Hartland.
"Mr. Hartland's book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout."—Spectator.
"Mr. Hartland's book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout."—Spectator.
XII. PRIMITIVE FOLK. ByElie Reclus.
"An attractive and useful introduction to the study of some aspects of ethnography."—Nature.
"An attractive and useful introduction to the study of some aspects of ethnography."—Nature.
XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. By ProfessorLetourneau.
"Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business. In the volume before us he shows these qualities in an admirable degree."—Science.
"Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business. In the volume before us he shows these qualities in an admirable degree."—Science.
XIV. BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS. By Dr.G. Sims Woodhead. Illustrated. Second Edition.
"An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject."—Lancet.
"An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject."—Lancet.
XV. EDUCATION AND HEREDITY. ByJ.M. Guyau.
"It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pedagogics. It is doubtful whether, among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question, any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence."—ProfessorSullyinMind.
"It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pedagogics. It is doubtful whether, among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question, any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence."—ProfessorSullyinMind.
XVI. THE MAN OF GENIUS. By Prof.Lombroso. Illustrated.
"By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together."—Journal of Mental Science.
"By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together."—Journal of Mental Science.
XVII. THE HISTORY OF THE EUROPEAN FAUNA. ByR.F. Scharff, B.Sc, Ph.D., F.Z.S. Illustrated.
XVIII. PROPERTY: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. ByCh. Letourneau, General Secretary to the Anthropological Society, Paris, and Professor in the School of Anthropology, Paris.
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XIX. VOLCANOES, PAST AND PRESENT. By Prof.Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S.
"A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes."—Nature.
"A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes."—Nature.
XX. PUBLIC HEALTH. By Dr.J.F.J. Sykes. With numerous Illustrations.
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"The present volume is the best on the subject for general use that we have seen."—Daily Telegraph(London).
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XXIII. INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. ByE.F. Houssay. With numerous Illustrations.
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XXIV. MAN AND WOMAN. ByHavelock Ellis. Illustrated. Second Edition.
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XXV. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM. ByJohn A. Hobson, M.A.
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XXVI. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE. ByFrank Podmore, M.A.
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XXVII. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By ProfessorC. Lloyd Morgan. With Diagrams.
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XXVIII. THE ORIGINS OF INVENTION:A Study of Industry among Primitive Peoples. ByOtis T. Mason, Curator of the Department of Ethnology in the United States National Museum.
"A valuable history of the development of the inventive faculty."—Nature.
"A valuable history of the development of the inventive faculty."—Nature.
XXIX. THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN:A Study of the Nervous System in relation to Education. ByHenry Herbert Donaldson, Professor of Neurology in the University of Chicago.
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XXX. EVOLUTION IN ART:As Illustrated by the Life-Histories of Designs. By ProfessorAlfred C. HADDON. With 130 Illustrations.
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XXXI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS. ByTh. Ribot, Professor at the College of France, Editor of theRevue Philosophique.
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XXXII. HALLUCINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS:A Study of the Fallacies of Perception. ByEdmund Parish.
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XXXVI. DEGENERACY:Its Causes, Signs, and Results. By ProfessorEugene S. Talbot, M.D., Chicago. With Illustrations.
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XXXVII. THE RACES OF MAN:A Sketch of Ethnography and Anthropology. ByJ. Deniker. With 178 Illustrations.
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XXXVIII. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RELIGION.An Empirical Study of the Growth of Religious Consciousness. ByEdwin Diller StarbuckPh.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Leland Stanford Junior University.
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Vol. I."A DOLL'S HOUSE," "THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH," and "THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY." With Portrait of the Author, and Biographical Introduction byWilliam Archer.Vol. II."GHOSTS," "AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE," and "THE WILD DUCK." With an Introductory Note.Vol. III."LADY INGER OF ÖSTRÅT," "THE VIKINGS AT HELGELAND," "THE PRETENDERS." With an Introductory Note and Portrait of Ibsen.Vol. IV."EMPEROR AND GALILEAN." With an Introductory Note byWilliam Archer.Vol. V."ROSMERSHOLM," "THE LADY FROM THE SEA," "HEDDA GABLER." Translated byWilliam Archer. With an Introductory Note.Vol. VI."PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM." Authorised Translation byWilliamandCharles Archer.
Vol. I."A DOLL'S HOUSE," "THE LEAGUE OF YOUTH," and "THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY." With Portrait of the Author, and Biographical Introduction byWilliam Archer.
Vol. II."GHOSTS," "AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE," and "THE WILD DUCK." With an Introductory Note.
Vol. III."LADY INGER OF ÖSTRÅT," "THE VIKINGS AT HELGELAND," "THE PRETENDERS." With an Introductory Note and Portrait of Ibsen.
Vol. IV."EMPEROR AND GALILEAN." With an Introductory Note byWilliam Archer.
Vol. V."ROSMERSHOLM," "THE LADY FROM THE SEA," "HEDDA GABLER." Translated byWilliam Archer. With an Introductory Note.
Vol. VI."PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM." Authorised Translation byWilliamandCharles Archer.
The sequence of the playsin each volumeis chronological; the complete set of volumes comprising the dramas thus presents them in chronological order."The art of prose translation does not perhaps enjoy a very high literary status in England, but we have no hesitation in numbering the present version of Ibsen, so far as it has gone (Vols. I. and II.), among the very best achievements, in that kind, of our generation."—Academy."We have seldom, if ever, met with a translation so absolutely idiomatic."—Glasgow Herald.
The sequence of the playsin each volumeis chronological; the complete set of volumes comprising the dramas thus presents them in chronological order.
"The art of prose translation does not perhaps enjoy a very high literary status in England, but we have no hesitation in numbering the present version of Ibsen, so far as it has gone (Vols. I. and II.), among the very best achievements, in that kind, of our generation."—Academy.
"We have seldom, if ever, met with a translation so absolutely idiomatic."—Glasgow Herald.
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