“Mr. James Sime’s competence as a biographer of Goethe, both in respect of knowledge of his special subject, and of German literature generally, is beyond question.”—Manchester Guardian.
LIFE OF CONGREVE. By Edmund Gosse.
“Mr. Gosse has written an admirable and most interesting biography of a man of letters who is of particular interest to other men of letters.”—The Academy.
LIFE OF BUNYAN. By Canon Venables.
“A most intelligent, appreciative, and valuable memoir.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF CRABBE. By T. E. Kebbel.
“No English poet since Shakespeare has observed certain aspects of nature and of human life more closely;... Mr. Kebbel’s monograph is worthy of the subject.”—Athenæum.
LIFE OF HEINE. By William Sharp.
“This is an admirable monograph,... more fully written up to the level of recent knowledge and criticism of its theme than any other English work.”—Scotsman.
LIFE OF MILL. By W. L. Courtney.