Monthly Shilling Volumes. Cloth, cut or uncut edges.
GREAT WRITERS.
EDITED BY PROFESSOR E. S. ROBERTSON.
THE FOLLOWING VOLUMES ARE NOW READY.
LIFE OF LONGFELLOW. By Professor Eric S. Robertson.
“A most readable little work, brightened by fancy, and enriched by poetic feeling.”—Liverpool Mercury.
LIFE OF COLERIDGE. By Hall Caine.
Brief and vigorous, written throughout with spirit and great literary skill, often rising into eloquence.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF DICKENS. By Frank T. Marzials.
“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 slag satisfactory. The difficulty is Yemoved by Mr. Mayrzials’ little book.”—Athenæum.
LIFE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. By Joseph 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 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 DARWIN. By G. T. Bettany.
“Mr. G. T. Bettany’s Life of Darwin is a sound and conscientious work.”—Saturday Review.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE. By Augustine 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.
LIFE OF THOMAS CARLYLE. By Richard 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 ADAM SMITH. By R. B. Haldane, M.P.
“Written throughout with a perspicuity seldom exemplified when dealing with economic science.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF KEATS. By W. M. Rossetti.
“Valuable for the ample information which it contains and the sympathetic and authoritative criticism which it furnishes.”—Cambridge Independent.
LIFE OF SHELLEY. By William Sharp.
“Another fit memorial of a beautiful soul. . . . it is a worthy addition, to be cherished for its own sake to our already rich collection of Shelley Literature.”—The Academy.
LIFE OF SMOLLETT. By David Hannay.
“An exceptionally manly and capable record of a writer who, with all reservations, still remains one of the great masters of the English novel.”—Saturday Review.
LIFE OF GOLDSMITH. By Austin Dobson.
LIFE OF SCOTT. By Professor Yonge. [Ready Jan. 25th.
LIFE OF BURNS. By Professor Blackie. [Ready Feb. 25th.
A complete Bibliography to each volume, compiled by J. P. Anderson of the British Museum.
Volumes in preparation by Canon Venables, James Sime, Edmund Gosse, etc.
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