ASPASIA
A ROMANCE
OF ART AND LOVE IN ANCIENT HELLAS
BY
ROBERT HAMERLING
From the German by MARY J. SAFFORD
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS IN GERMANY.
"'Aspasia' is a poem, which seems to have been accidentally clad in the garb of prose. Every portion of it is permeated and transfigured by the loftiest ideas of humanity. Yet what we particularly admire in this brilliant work is the great skill with which the Greek local coloring is reproduced. Hamerling, in this, his latest creation, proves himself to be a delineator of mankind par excellence. The description of characters is as truthful as it is interesting. 'Aspasia' is a historical picture; for the incidents and persons within the limits of the story are in the main historical, only the minor accessories being imaginary. The whole action revolves about the central figure of 'Aspasia,' who stands forth with majestic grandeur. No reader will be able to escape the lofty, poetic charm of the book."—Europa, (Leipsic).
"It is one of the great excellencies of this romance, this lofty song of the genius of the Greeks, that it is composed with perfect artistic symmetry in the treatment of the different parts, and from the first word to the last is thoroughly harmonious in tone and coloring. Therefore, in 'Aspasia,' we are given a book, which could only proceed from the union of an artistic nature and a thoughtful mind—a book that does not depict fiery passions in dramatic conflict, but with dignified composure, leads the conflict therein described to the final catastrophe."—Allgemeine Zeitung. (Augsburg).
| TWO VOLUMES | |
| Price, in paper cover, | - - $1.00 per set. |
| in cloth binding, | - 1.75 " |
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WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER,
Publisher,
11 Murray Street, New York.