"A word of cordial praise is due to the translator, Mr. J. Snodgrass, for his admirable performance of a very difficult task. His book is one to welcome and to keep as a treasure of almost priceless thought and criticism."--_Contemporary Review, February 1881._ "Mr. Snodgrass is to be thanked for a very seasonable bit of work."--_Examiner, April 26, 1879._ "We are bound to say that Mr. Snodgrass has done his work exceptionally well."--_The Literary World, May 9, 1879._ "Mr. Snodgrass has made a valuable addition to English literature in this volume, and has given us a most attractive and efficient introduction to the study of Heine."--_The Nonconformist, August 20, 1879._ "He has performed his task with skill, tact, and judgment; and it is easy to perceive that he has a thorough acquaintance with his author and sympathy for his matter."--_Notes and Queries, April 19, 1879._ "The result of Mr. Snodgrass's attempt has been the production of a volume which, for variety and interest, may be pronounced one of the most successful books of the season."--_Aberdeen Journal, March 26, 1879._ "In Heine, whose prose writings in German fill well on to a score of volumes, we find in remarkable combination the best qualities of German thought, along with the sparkle and brilliancy of an accomplished Frenchman's style."--_Aberdeen Daily Free Press, April 21, 1879._ "Mr. Snodgrass has done his selection and translation admirably well and we owe him thanks for a volume which has in it mere wit of the highest sort, and more political insight, than any book that has lately been given to the public."--_Vanity Fair, November 8, 1879._ "The compiler of this interesting little volume, Mr. J. Snodgrass is perfectly right in saying that Heine is chiefly known to English readers as the author of the 'Book of Songs.'"--_The Week, April 19, 1879._ "The 'English Fragments' have a special interest for the English reader; but the selection from Heine's prose works in general, most judiciously made and excellently translated by Mr. Snodgrass, gives a much completer view of the qualities of the writer's mind."--_Saturday Review._ "Mr. Snodgrass has not essayed to give at all an exhaustive collection of Heine's witty, wise, and pathetic sayings; but he has selected, in the order in which they occur in the complete German edition, such extracts as have specially commended themselves to himself. He has produced a very enjoyable volume, exactly adapted to the taste of lazy and luxurious persons, who can just take up the book for five minutes to read a delightful passage, complete in itself, and not long enough to fatigue the most fastidious attention."--_Academy, May 31, 1879._ ALEX. GARDNER, PAISLEY AND LONDON. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography., by Solomon Maimon