A monograph which treats of the rise and progress of the Romantic revolt against classicism in Great Britain; of a group of German writers, including Lessing, Herder, Kant, Schiller and Goethe; of the romantic movement in France and Italy; and of the history of romanticism in Spain, the Netherlands, the Slav countries, Scandinavia, Bohemia, Poland and Russia.
| Acad. 72: 181. F. 23, ’07. 1520w. |
“The book is exceptionally readable.”
| + | Dial. 42: 319. My. 16, ’07. 110w. | |
| Nation. 85: 103. Ag. 1, ’07. 730w. |
“It is unusual to find so large an amount of important literary history and of sound literary criticism within the compass of a book which may be read within a comparatively short time.”
| + + | N. Y. Times. 12: 261. Ap. 20, ’07. 440w. |
Vaughan, Herbert M. Last of the royal Stuarts. 2d ed. *$3.50. Dutton.
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“A footnote to history” which is conceded to be one of the most interesting of recent contributions to the literature of Jacobitism. “Henry Stuart was born in 1725, became a wealthy Cardinal-Bishop, had to flee from Napoleon, accepted, in his need, a pension from George III., and died in 1807.” (Lond. Times.) “A good account is given of the cardinal’s place as an historical figure. Genius is not claimed for him, but his piety, bounty, and kindness are pointed out, and the author perhaps wisely omits to quote the ill-natured gossip of Henry Swinburne.” (Eng. Hist. R.)