“A charming little story, molded on the simplest lines, thoroughly pure, and admirably constructed. It is told with a wonderful lightness and raciness. It is full of little skillful touches, such as French literary art at its best knows so well how to produce. It is characterized by a knowledge of human nature and a mastery of style and method which indicate that it is the work rather of a master than of a novice.... Whoever the author of ‘Colette’ may be, there can be no question that it is one of the prettiest, most artistic, and in every way charming stories that French fiction has been honored with for a long time.”—New York Tribune.
LOVE SONGS OF ENGLISH POETS, 1500-1800. With Notes by Ralph H. Caine. 16mo. Cloth.
In this collection the editor has carefully culled the rarest flowers from the rich fields of English poetry, and has produced a volume which is a singularly delicate and perfect expression of the universal passion in verse. To find all that is contained in this volume it would be necessary to search the pages of many books.
“Is it not a little singular that, amid the many treasuries of poetry which have been published with so much acceptance during the last five-and-twenty years, there have been so few devoted to the poetry of love? This is the consideration which emboldens me in putting forth the present volume. Its scope is limited, and even within its limits its possibilities are circumscribed. A body of English love-poetry from the earliest times to the present has appeared to me too great for representation within the space of a single volume. I have therefore contented myself with the fullest selection possible, down to the beginning of the present century.... Of lovers of every mood and variety, examples will be found in these pages. There are the true lover and the false lover, the constant lover and the jealous lover, the quiet lover and the boisterous lover, the merry lover and the mournful lover, the humble lover and the conceited lover, the admiring lover and the pressing lover. We have the lover before marriage and the lover after marriage....”—From the Introduction.
“An admirable selection.”—London Athenæum.
“From the stores of some three centuries much poetic treasure of the first order in art is forthcoming.”—London Saturday Review.
ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF
AN ATTIC PHILOSOPHER IN PARIS; or, A Peep at the World from a Garret. Being the Journal of a Happy Man. By Émile Souvestre. With 39 Illustrations by Jean Claude. 8vo. Cloth, $1.50.
The great popularity of “An Attic Philosopher in Paris,” by Émile Souvestre, has led the publishers to prepare this fine illustrated edition, uniform with the illustrated edition of “Colette.” For this volume a large number of full-page and vignette illustrations have been made by the French artist Jean Claude, the illustrator of “Colette.” A rich binding has been specially designed, and this volume, considering the fine literary quality of the text and the daintiness of the book’s appearance, will be found to possess a permanent value.
“A delightful bit of French sentiment. The poor and unfortunate are represented as making the best of their miserable surroundings, helping each other with unselfish zeal, and a rose-colored light is thrown over many a disagreeable situation. The tone is wholesome and helpful, and many passages are full of pathos. There is, too, an enthusiasm for country, for the growth and glory of France, which is charming.”—Portland Transcript.