This series comprises translations of single masterpieces by some of the best-known European writers, some of which have never before been presented in an English dress. The volumes are well printed on good paper, and very prettily bound.
The "Masterpieces of Foreign Authors" unite intrinsic value with external attractiveness.—Public Ledger, Philadelphia.
The work of the translators is beautifully done, and the publishers have made dainty little volumes sure to win the appreciative regard of every book-loving eye.—Chicago Times.
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THE ELIZABETHAN LIBRARY.
A Cabinet of Gems. Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney; now, for the more Radiance, presented without their Setting by George MacDonald. With portrait.
Choice Passages from the Writings of Sir Walter Raleigh: Being a small Sheaf of Gleanings from a Golden Harvest. By Alexander B. Grosart. With portrait.
A Bower of Delights: Being Interwoven Verse and Prose from the Works of Nicholas Breton. The Weaver: Alexander B. Grosart. With an Introduction on his Life and the Characteristics of his Writings.
"Thoughts that Breathe and Words that Burn," from the Writings of Francis Bacon. Selected by Alexander B. Grosart.
Green Pastures. Being choice Extracts from the Works of Robert Greene, A.M., of both Universities, 1560 (?) 1592. Made by Alexander B. Grosart.
"The Poet of Poets." The Love-Verse from the Minor Poems of Edmund Spenser. Alexander B. Grosart, Editor. With portrait.
"Brave Translunary Things." From the Works in Prose and Verse of Ben Jonson. Selected by Alexander B. Grosart.
The Friend of Sir Philip Sidney. Being Selections from the Works of Fulke Greville Lord Brooke. Edited, with an Introduction, by Alexander B. Grosart.
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A series of handy and tastefully printed little volumes, designed to bring the writings of some of the noble but little known authors of the sixteenth century before readers of the present day. The volumes are all printed in old-face type, on antique paper, in the 24mo size so characteristic of the sixteenth century, and are appropriately bound in the style of the Tudor period.
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