Macmillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869 — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
Macmillan & Co.'s General Catalogue of Works in the Departments of History, Biography, Travels, and Belles Lettres, December, 1869
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_Looking to the interest shown by so many thousands in Mr. Tennyson's
Arthurian poems, the editor and publishers have thought that the old
version would possess considerable interest. It is a reprint of the
celebrated Harleian copy; and is accompanied by index and glossary_.
Garnett.
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--IDYLLS AND EPIGRAMS. Chiefly from the Greek Anthology. By _Richard
Garnett_. Fcap. 8vo. 2_s_. 6_d_.
"_A charming little book. For English readers, Mr. Garnett's translations
will open a new world of thought_."--_Westminster Review_.
GUESSES AT TRUTH. By _Two Brothers_. With Vignette, Title, and
Frontispiece. New Edition, with Memoir. Fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.
"_ The following year was memorable for the commencement of the 'Guesses
at Truth.' He and his Oxford brother, living as they did in constant and
free interchange of thought on questions of philosophy and literature and
art; delighting, each of them, in the epigrammatic terseness which is the
charm of the 'Pensees' of Pascal, and the 'Caractères' of La
Bruyère--agreed to utter themselves in this form, and the book appeared,
anonymously, in two volumes, in 1827_."--_Memoir_.
Hamerton.
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--A PAINTER'S CAMP. By _Philip Gilbert Hamerton_. Second Edition, revised.
Extra fcap. 8vo. 6_s_.
BOOK I. _In England_; BOOK II. _In Scotland_; BOOK III. _In France. This
is the story of an Artist's encampments and adventures. The headings of a
few chapters may serve to convey a notion of the character of the book: A
Walk on the Lancashire Moors; the Author his own Housekeeper and Cook;
Tents and Boats for the Highlands; The Author encamps on an uninhabited
Island; A Lake Voyage; A Gipsy Journey to Glen Coe; Concerning Moonlight
and Old Castles; A little French City: A Farm in the Autunois, &c., &c._
"_His pages sparkle with happy turns of expression, not a few well-told
anecdotes, and many observations, which are the fruit of attentive study
and wise reflection on the complicated phenomena of human life, as well as
of unconscious nature_."--_Westminster Review_.
Helps
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REALMAH. By _Arthur Helps_. Two Vols. Crown 8vo. 16_s_.
_Of this work, by the Author of "Friends in Council," the_ Saturday Review
_says: "Underneath the form (that of dialogue) is so much shrewdness,
fancy, and above all, so much wise kindliness, that we should think all
the better of a man or woman who likes the book_."
Herschel
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THE ILIAD OF HOMER. Translated into English Hexameters. By Sir _John
Herschel_, Bart. 8vo. 18_s_.
_A version of the Iliad in English Hexameters. The question of Homeric
translation is fully discussed in the Preface_.
"_It is admirable, not only for many intrinsic merits, but as a great
man's tribute to Genius_."--_Illustrated London News_.
HIATUS: the Void in Modern Education. Its Cause and Antidote. By _Outis_.
8vo. 8_s_. 6_d_.