“Prettily printed and prettily illustrated, these attractive volumes deserve their welcome from all students of seventeenth century literature.”
The Daily News.
“The merit for modern readers of these old stories lies partly in their inexhaustible wit, their knowledge of human nature, which never grows stale, and partly in their pictures of the old reckless life of Spain. A typical example of these novels is the fictitious autobiography of Guzman d’Alfarache, the Spanish rogue, written by Matthew Aleman at the beginning of the seventeenth century.”
Daily Telegraph.
“A handy and beautiful edition, in twelve volumes, of the works of the Spanish masters of romance calls for a word of acknowledgment from all who desire to see the lights of foreign literature fitly presented to the notice of English readers. We may say of this edition of the immortal work of Cervantes, that it is most tastefully and admirably executed, and that it is embellished with a series of striking etchings from the pen of the Spanish artist, De Los Rios. . . . Those who have already made acquaintance with these masterpieces of exotic humour will need no encouragement to send them once again to a fountain from which such pure enjoyment is to be derived, and in so acceptable a shape as Messrs. Nimmo & Bain have provided.”
The Scotsman.
“What man of middle age is there, who has been a reader of books, who does not look back with pleasure to his first acquaintance with ‘Don Quixote’ or the ‘Adventures of Gil Blas’? If he has been a wise man of equal mind, he has gone further afield in these romances, and has made acquaintance with ‘Asmodeus,’ ‘The Bachelor of Salamanca,’ and other works of a like kind. They have been read by many thousands of British readers, and they will be read by many thousands more. . . . What the reading public have reason to congratulate themselves upon is, that so neat, compact, and well-arranged an edition of romances that can never die is put within their reach. The publishers have spared no pains with them. It has already been said that Mr. Saintsbury has written a prefatorial notice of Le Sage; a similar work has been done by other hands in the case of Cervantes. It is satisfactory to find publishers turning their attention to the reproduction, in worthy form, of classic fiction; and the hope may be entertained that in this case the enterprise will meet with merited reward.”
Westminster Review.
“We notice with warm welcome a new and very handsome illustrated edition of the original ‘Arabian Nights Entertainment,’ the ‘real Simon pure,’ and never have we seen the fascinating companion of our youth more ‘daintily dight.’ Type and paper are both of the finest quality, while M. Lalauze’s graceful and delicate etchings lend an additional charm to the text. ‘The Thousand and One Nights of Schéhérézade’ occupy four goodly volumes, and uniform with them is Beckford’s ‘Vathek’ and Dr. Johnson’s ‘Rasselas’ in one volume.”
J. C. NIMMO & BAIN,
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, LONDON, W.C.