“These illustrations of ‘Imagination and Fancy’ are distinguished by great critical sagacity, and a remarkable appreciation of those qualities.”—Herald.
“This elegant volume contains the most exquisite passages of the best English Poets, selected and commented upon by Leigh Hunt, and for this task there is, in our opinion, no author living so well qualified.”—Indian News.
⁂ The Second Volume of this series, “WIT AND HUMOUR,” is in the press, uniform with “Imagination and Fancy.”
MRS. ELLIS’S MORAL FICTIONS.
PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE.
By Mrs. Ellis, Author of the “Women of England,” &c. &c. &c. Each Volume is complete in itself, and may be purchased separately. In 3 vols, fcap. 8vo. beautifully illustrated, price 7s. 6d. each, in a handsome and uniform cloth binding, or 10s. 6d. morocco. Contents:—
Vol. I. “Observations on Fictitious Narrative,” “The Hall and the Cottage,” “Ellen Eskdale,” “The Curate’s Widow,” and “Marriage as it May Be.”
Vol. II. “Misanthropy,” and “The Pains of Pleasing.”
Vol. III. “Pretension; or, the Fallacies of Female Education.”
“I could give abundant evidence, gratuitously offered to the writer, that these simple stories were not sent forth to the world without some degree of adaptation to its wants and its condition.”—Author’s Introduction.