“Mr. James Sime’s competence as a biographer of Goethe is beyond question.”—Manchester Guardian.

LIFE OF CONGREVE. By Edmund Gosse.

“Mr. Gosse has written an admirable biography.”—Academy.

LIFE OF BUNYAN. By Canon Venables.

“A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir.”—Scotsman.

LIFE OF CRABBE. By T. E. Kebbel.

“No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely.”—Athenæum.

LIFE OF HEINE. By William Sharp.

“An admirable monograph ... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism than any other English work.”—Scotsman.