_The Guardian_ says:--"The style of the writing is equally simple and
yet dignified; from beginning to end an ease of movement charms the
reader. The book is abundantly suggestive.... The work is that of a
scholar and a thinker, quick to catch a vagrant emotion, and should be
read, as it was evidently written, in leisure and solitude. It covers a
wide range--art, nature, country life, human character, poetry and the
drama, morals and religion."
THE PAINTERS OF FLORENCE. From the 13th to the 16th Centuries. By
JULIA CARTWRIGHT (Mrs. ADY). With Illustrations.
Mrs. Ady is a competent and gifted writer on Italian painting, and
presents in these 350 pages an excellent history of the splendid art and
artists of Florence during the golden period from Cimabue and Giotto to
Andrea del Sarto and Michelangelo. Those who are taking up the study of
the subject could not wish for a more interesting and serviceable
handbook.
A LADY'S LIFE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. By Mrs. BISHOP (ISABELLA L.
BIRD). With Illustrations.
_The Irish Times_ says:--"'A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains' needs
no introduction to a public who have known and admired Mrs. Bishop
(Isabella L. Bird) as a fearless traveller in the days when it was
something of an achievement for a woman to undertake long and remote
journeys. Mrs. Bishop is a charming and spirited writer, and this cheap
edition of her work will be heartily welcomed."
THE LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE. By WILLIAM GARDEN BLAIKIE. With
Portrait.
This is the standard biography of the great missionary who will for ever
stand pre-eminent among African travellers.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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