JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
Revised and Enlarged by the Author.
2 vols., Square 16mo, Cloth, $3 50.
Mr. Symonds has here brought his rich classical learning and excellent critical taste to the illustration of the Greek poets, forming an admirable introduction to that branch of ancient literature. * * * Apart from the original criticisms and bright descriptive passages which give an uncommon value and attractiveness to these volumes, they abound in liberal specimens of translations by different writers, which form a highly agreeable body of poetry, and present a peculiar and striking illustration of a department of English literature not very widely known to general readers.—N. Y. Tribune.
A book which has scarcely a parallel in recent English literature, and which will bear comparison with the highest achievements of German scholarship and criticism. Indeed, the “Studies” may almost be said to be unique in their combination of wide knowledge and minute research, with a mastery of the literary art which alone would suffice to command our warmest admiration. * * * Our notice would be incomplete without a cordial word of praise for Professor Symonds’s spirited and elegant translations of select passages. These add incalculably to the value and interest of his work.—Appletons’ Journal, N. Y.
The great merit of Mr. Symonds’s writings is that, with all their charm and grace of style, there is real work behind them. It is this, in combination with other rarer gifts, which makes him so well fitted to interpret the ancient world to modern readers.—Academy, London.
While it is a book readily understood by every thoughtful reader, it will be of special interest to students who have given much time to the Greek language and literature. * * * We know of no hand-book of Greek poetry in English as satisfactory—as valuable as this.—New Haven Palladium.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.