“Offers to the curious an absorbing study of temperament.”
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Gosse, Edmund William. Modern English literature: a short history. **$2.50. Stokes.
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In revising and enlarging this volume for the fifth edition, eight photogravures and sixty-four half tone portraits have been included. “Goethe said ... that the portrait of a man of letters was his best monument. If that be true, or even partly true, we cannot but hope that this illustrated edition ... may be found to possess some of the qualities of a literary Valhalla.” (Author in preface.)
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“Has real value both for the student and general reader. The literary style, criticism, and method of treatment are satisfying.”
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Gould, Francis Carruthers. Political caricatures. $2. Longmans.