Familiar studies of men and books / by Robert Louis Stevenson
1907, Fine-paper edition. London : Chatto & Windus. Poor copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Worn spine. Scattered foxing throughout. Text remains clear without blemish. Item #336213
Physical description: xx, 277 p.; 17 cm. Notes:
"These studies are collected from the monthly press." -- pref. Contents:
Preface, by way of criticism -- Victor Hugo's romances -- Some aspects of Robert Burns -- Walt Whitman -- Henry David Thoreau : his character and opinions -- Yoshida-Torajiro -- François Villon, student, poet, and house-breaker -- Charles of Orleans -- Samuel Pepys -- John Knox and women. Subjects: Hugo, Victor 1802-1885.
Burns, Robert 1759-1796.
Whitman, Walt 1819-1892.
Thoreau, Henry David 1817-1862. Yoshida, Sh in 1830-1859. Villon, François 1431-1463. Charles d'Orléans 1394-1465.
Pepys, Samuel 1633-1703.
Knox, John approximately 1514-1572. English literature History and criticism.
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