WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. Euphorion Studies of the Antique and the Mediæval in the Renaissance. Second Edition. Demy 8vo, cloth, 7s. 6d. "The book is bold, extensive (it does not claim to be exhaustive) in scope, and replete with well-defined and unhackneyed ideas, clear impressions, and vigorous and persuasive modes of writing. Large questions have been scrutinized in a comprehensive spirit, and are treated with both respect breadth and minuteness, according to the scale of the work. ... Lastly comes the longest essay of all, Mediæval Love,' filling nearly one hundred pages. This is certainly a masterly performance.' Athenæum. "The impressions it records are as vividly individual as ever, the knowledge which informs it is fuller and riper. It deals with a period incomparably more interesting than the 'teacup times of hood and hoop,' through whose mazes her first work led us so pleasantly; .. The exquisite paper on The Outdoor Poetry." Pall Mall Gazette. "A fresh and original contribution to the history of civilization and art; written in graceful and often eloquent English."-Spectator. Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy. "Vernon Lee . . . has written one of the most fascinating books that it has been . "These studies show a wide range of knowledge of the subject, precise investigation, abundant power of illustration and healthy enthusiasm. Can be cordially recommended as treating an important and little-known theme with conspicuous ability."-Athenæum. "This_thoroughly interesting and, in many respects, admirable book.”—St. James's Gazette. "A subtle and imaginative critic, a picturesque and vigorous writer, who has profoundly studied a subject in which he takes passionate interest, and who has written of Italy and Italian art with a wonderful artistic intuition, comparably only with that shown in some of Robert Browning's poems on Italian subjects."-Fanfulla della Domenica, of Rome. "The rare qualities of this learned, subtle, imaginative, and eloquent critic." Rassegna Settimanale. "This is true life, revealed to us in brilliant and various, but never exaggerated colours. The severity of his studies and the patience of his research are evident at every step."-Nuova Antologia. : Belcaro being Essays on Sundry Esthetical "This way of conveying ideas is very fascinating, and has an effect of creating activity in the reader's mind which no other mode can equal. From first to last there is a continuous and delightful stimulation of thought."-Academy. "Vernon Lee writes well about poetry, better upon painting and sculpture, and best upon music. The essay on 'Cherubino' is the finest in the book, and is a perfect gem in its way."-St. James's Gazette. "We could say a good deal more about this book as the product of a remarkably acute critical mind; it would bear to be read a second time and be found to repay the trouble."--Athenæum. "We would express our special admiration for the essay 'A Dialogue on Poetic Morality,' with which the volume concludes.”—Spectator. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, 26, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C. 828 P135 be 1887 Baldwin: being Dialogues on Views and Aspirations. Demy 8vo, cloth, 12s. "Baldwin,' like most good books, is worth careful study from more than one side. It has a message for all people, to which only indolence or indifference can be deaf. One cannot read a page of 'Baldwin' without feeling the wiser for it." -Academy. "The author shows herself a most vigorous dialectician, working from an unusually wide range of reading and of eager intellectual interest, and stimulating us constantly with thoughtful remarks and happy illustrations."-Contemporary Review. "There are occasional sayings in this book which show a certain a certain power of epigram and even of imaginative wit. ""Upon my word," put in Rheinhardt, " I don't know which is the greater plague, the old-fashioned nuisance called a soul, or the new-fangled bore called mankind." "There is something as beautiful in the rough cleanness of belief of a Scotch of Swiss artizan as there is in a well-scoured deal table and a spotless homespun napkin.' 'You spunge out the God-like from all the world. Everything is but an accident, and of these accidents God is the earliest and man's soul the latest.' 'The sense of duty in handling indecent things can never lead to their being handled like this; the surgeon washes his hands; and this Guy de Maupassant, nay, rather this French nation, goes through no similar ablution.' is no part of an honest man's duty to wash his dirty consciousness in public.'"-Pall Mall Gazette. 'It Ottilie: An Eighteenth-Century Idyl. Square 8vo, cloth extra, 3s. 6d. "A graceful little sketch. We have nothing but praise for this agreeable little sketch, which is drawn with full insight into the period described, and very considerable grace of style."-Spectator. "A graceful little picture. . . . Charming all through."-Academy. "Everywhere we note lightness, delicacy, and felicity of touch, and a sweet sympathy with human nature."-Literary World. "To all who relish a simple, natural, and most pathetic story admirably told, we recommend this eighteenth-century idyl."-St. James's Gazette. "The simplicity and grace with which it is written will cause it to be read with keen enjoyment by young people'as well as their elders.”—Harper's Magazine. The Prince of the Hundred Soups: A Puppet Show in Narrative. Edited with a Preface by VERNON LEE. Four Illustrations in Sepia, by SARAH BIRCH. Cheaper edition. Square 8vo, cloth, 3s. 6d. "This preface is highly curious, odd and interesting."-Saturday Review. "What 'Vernon Lee' tells us about him in her preface is even more interesting than 'The Prince of the Hundred Soups;' and that-as we hope our readers will find out for themselves-is saying a good deal."-Academy. "A very clever and admirably illustrated burlesque. The preface is quite as interesting as the book itself. There is more humour in the volume than in half a dozen ordinary pantomimes.”—Spectator. "It is a choice little volume, from its title-indeed, from its outer cover-to its final page."-Daily News. Though, when I took it up, I was utterly weary and dazed with the number of books I had gone through, yet I devoured it from cover to cover with a new zest.”— Truth. LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, 26, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C. |