GREAT WRITERS.
A NEW SERIES OF CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES.
Edited by Prof.E. S. RobertsonandFrank T. Marzials.
A Complete Bibliography to each Volume, byJ. P. Anderson, British Museum, London.
Cloth, Uncut Edges, Gilt Top. Price 1/6.
Volumes already Issued—
LIFE OF LONGFELLOW. ByProf. Eric S. Robertson.
“A most readable little work.”—Liverpool Mercury.
“A most readable little work.”—Liverpool Mercury.
LIFE OF COLERIDGE. ByHall 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 DICKENS. ByFrank 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’s 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’s little book.”—Athenæum.
LIFE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. ByJ. 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 SAMUEL JOHNSON. ByColonel 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 DARWIN. ByG. 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 CHARLOTTE BRONTË. ByA. 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’ 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’ Gazette.
LIFE OF THOMAS CARLYLE. ByR. 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 ADAM SMITH. ByR. B. Haldane, M.P.
“Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science.”—Scotsman.
“Written with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF KEATS. ByW. M. Rossetti.
“Valuable for the ample information which it contains.”—Cambridge Independent.
“Valuable for the ample information which it contains.”—Cambridge Independent.
LIFE OF SHELLEY. ByWilliam 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 SMOLLETT. ByDavid Hannay.
“A capable record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel.”—Saturday Review.
“A capable record of a writer who still remains one of the great masters of the English novel.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF GOLDSMITH. ByAustin 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 SCOTT. ByProfessor Yonge.
“This is a most enjoyable book.”—Aberdeen Free Press.
“This is a most enjoyable book.”—Aberdeen Free Press.
LIFE OF BURNS. ByProfessor 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 VICTOR HUGO. ByFrank T. Marzials.
“Mr. Marzials’s volume presents to us, in a more handy form than any English or even French handbook gives, the summary of what is known about the life of the great poet.”—Saturday Review.
“Mr. Marzials’s volume presents to us, in a more handy form than any English or even French handbook gives, the summary of what is known about the life of the great poet.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF EMERSON. ByRichard Garnett, LL.D.
“No record of Emerson’s life could be more desirable.”—Saturday Review.
“No record of Emerson’s life could be more desirable.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF GOETHE. ByJames Sime.
“Mr. James Sime’s competence as a biographer of Goethe is beyond question.”—Manchester Guardian.
“Mr. James Sime’s competence as a biographer of Goethe is beyond question.”—Manchester Guardian.
LIFE OF CONGREVE. ByEdmund Gosse.
“Mr. Gosse has written an admirable biography.”—Academy.
“Mr. Gosse has written an admirable biography.”—Academy.
LIFE OF BUNYAN. ByCanon Venables.
“A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir.”—Scotsman.
“A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF CRABBE. ByT. E. Kebbel.
“No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely.”—Athenæum.
“No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely.”—Athenæum.
LIFE OF HEINE. ByWilliam Sharp.
“An admirable monograph ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism than any other English work.”—Scotsman.
“An admirable monograph ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism than any other English work.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF MILL. ByW. L. Courtney.
“A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir.”—Glasgow Herald.
“A most sympathetic and discriminating memoir.”—Glasgow Herald.
LIFE OF SCHILLER. ByHenry W. Nevinson.
“Presents the poet’s life in a neatly rounded picture.”—Scotsman.
“Presents the poet’s life in a neatly rounded picture.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARRYAT. ByDavid Hannay.
“We have nothing but praise for the manner in which Mr. Hannay has done justice to him.”—Saturday Review.
“We have nothing but praise for the manner in which Mr. Hannay has done justice to him.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF LESSING. ByT. W. Rolleston.
“One of the best books of the series.”—Manchester Guardian.
“One of the best books of the series.”—Manchester Guardian.
LIFE OF MILTON. ByRichard GarnettLL.D.
“Has never been more charmingly or adequately told.”—Scottish Leader.
“Has never been more charmingly or adequately told.”—Scottish Leader.
LIFE OF BALZAC. ByFrederick Wedmore.
“Mr. Wedmore’s monograph on the greatest of French writers of fiction, whose greatness is to be measured by comparison with his successors, is a piece of careful and critical composition, neat and nice in style.”—Daily News.
“Mr. Wedmore’s monograph on the greatest of French writers of fiction, whose greatness is to be measured by comparison with his successors, is a piece of careful and critical composition, neat and nice in style.”—Daily News.
LIFE OF GEORGE ELIOT. ByOscar Browning.
“A book of the character of Mr. Browning’s, to stand midway between the bulky work of Mr. Cross and the very slight sketch of Miss Blind, was much to be desired, and Mr. Browning has done his work with vivacity, and not without skill.”—Manchester Guardian.
“A book of the character of Mr. Browning’s, to stand midway between the bulky work of Mr. Cross and the very slight sketch of Miss Blind, was much to be desired, and Mr. Browning has done his work with vivacity, and not without skill.”—Manchester Guardian.
LIFE OF JANE AUSTEN. ByGoldwin Smith.
“Mr. Goldwin Smith has added another to the not inconsiderable roll of eminent men who have found their delight in Miss Austen.... His little book upon her, just published by Walter Scott, is certainly a fascinating book to those who already know her and love her well; and we have little doubt that it will prove also a fascinating book to those who have still to make her acquaintance.”—Spectator.
“Mr. Goldwin Smith has added another to the not inconsiderable roll of eminent men who have found their delight in Miss Austen.... His little book upon her, just published by Walter Scott, is certainly a fascinating book to those who already know her and love her well; and we have little doubt that it will prove also a fascinating book to those who have still to make her acquaintance.”—Spectator.
LIFE OF BROWNING. ByWilliam 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 BYRON. ByHon. Roden Noel.
“The Hon. Roden Noel’s volume on Byron is decidedly one of the most readable in the excellent ‘Great Writers’ series.”—Scottish Leader.
“The Hon. Roden Noel’s volume on Byron is decidedly one of the most readable in the excellent ‘Great Writers’ series.”—Scottish Leader.
LIFE OF HAWTHORNE. ByMoncure Conway.
“It is a delightfulcauserie—pleasant, genial talk about a most interesting man. Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no valueless fact is recalled; and it is entirely exempt from platitude and conventionality.”—The Speaker.
“It is a delightfulcauserie—pleasant, genial talk about a most interesting man. Easy and conversational as the tone is throughout, no important fact is omitted, no valueless fact is recalled; and it is entirely exempt from platitude and conventionality.”—The Speaker.
LIFE OF SCHOPENHAUER. ByProfessor Wallace.
“We can speak very highly of this little book of Mr. Wallace’s. It is, perhaps, excessively lenient in dealing with the man, and it cannot be said to be at all ferociously critical in dealing with the philosophy.”—Saturday Review.
“We can speak very highly of this little book of Mr. Wallace’s. It is, perhaps, excessively lenient in dealing with the man, and it cannot be said to be at all ferociously critical in dealing with the philosophy.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF SHERIDAN. ByLloyd Sanders.
“To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this little volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan, is really to award much fainter praise than the work deserves.”—Manchester Examiner.
“To say that Mr. Lloyd Sanders, in this little volume, has produced the best existing memoir of Sheridan, is really to award much fainter praise than the work deserves.”—Manchester Examiner.
LIFE OF THACKERAY. ByHerman MerivaleandF. T. Marzials.
“The monograph just published is well worth reading, ... and 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 monograph just published is well worth reading, ... and the book, with its excellent bibliography, is one which neither the student nor the general reader can well afford to miss.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
LIFE OF CERVANTES. ByW. E. Watts.
“We can commend this book as a worthy addition to the useful series to which it belongs.”—London Daily Chronicle.
“We can commend this book as a worthy addition to the useful series to which it belongs.”—London Daily Chronicle.
LIFE OF VOLTAIRE. ByFrancis Espinasse.
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