BELCARO: being Essays on Sundry Æsthetical Questions.
By Vernon Lee, author of the "Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy." 8vo. price 8s.
"There is much in this thoroughly original and delightful book which reminds us of the essays of the eighteenth century.... It is rare indeed to find so much thought conveyed in so easy a style—to find a writer who not only has so much that is fresh to say, but has so fresh a way of saying it.... This way of conveying ideas is very fascinating.... From first to last there is a continuous and delightful stimulation of thought. The book will lead to conversation, dreaming, speculation, and all kinds of pleasant and healthy mental exercise; and it is interspersed with such perfect little sketches of scenery, and passages of so much eloquence, that it is a literary treat to read it."—Academy.
"Clever and expressive, subtle and brilliant.... 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 would be found to repay the trouble."—Athenæum.
"Splendid essays on art.... We do not know why the writing reminds us of George Sand, but it does.... Vernon Lee writes prose harmonies which are finely composed."—Vanity Fair.