Part 11

Letters to Thackeray--Dickens--Herodotus--Pope--Rabelais--Jane Austen--Isaak Walton--Dumas--Theocritus--Pope--Scott--Shelley-- Molière--Burns, etc., etc.

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SIDNEY LANIER.

THE ENGLISH NOVEL AND THE PRINCIPLE OF ITS DEVELOPMENT. (Crown 8vo, $2.00.)

“The critical and analytical portions of his work are always in high key, suggestive, brilliant, rather dogmatic and not free from caprice.... But when all these abatements are made, the lectures remain lofty in tone and full of original inspiration.”--Independent.

THE SCIENCE OF ENGLISH VERSE. (Crown 8vo, $2.00.)

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EDWARD SANDFORD MARTIN.

WINDFALLS OF OBSERVATION. Gathered for the Edification of the Young and the Solace of Others. (12mo, $1.25.)

A collection of brief essays on topics of perennial interest, personal in quality, literary in treatment, shrewd, and dryly humorous, having a decided “Roundabout,” though thoroughly American, flavor.

BRANDER MATTHEWS.

FRENCH DRAMATISTS OF THE 19TH CENTURY. (New Edition, 8vo, $1.50.)

CONTENTS: Chronology--The Romantic Movement--Hugo--Dumas--Scribe--Augier--Dumas fils--Sardou--Feuillet--Labiche--Meilhac and Halévy--Zola and the Tendencies of French Drama--A Ten Years’ Retrospect: 1881–1891.

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THE THEATRES OF PARIS. (Illustrated. 16mo, $1.25.)

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DONALD G. MITCHELL.

ENGLISH LANDS, LETTERS AND KINGS. Vol. I., From Celt to Tudor. Vol. II., From Elizabeth to Anne. (12mo, each $1.50.)

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REVERIES OF A BACHELOR; or, A Book of the Heart--DREAM LIFE: A Fable of the Seasons. (Cameo Edition, with etching, 16mo, each $1.25.)

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GEORGE MOORE.

IMPRESSIONS AND OPINIONS. (12mo, $1.25.)

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The courage, independence, originality, and raciness with which Mr. Moore expressed his opinions on matters relating to the stage and to literature in his “Impressions and Opinions” are equally characteristic of these essays on art topics.