Hypatia, or, New foes with an old face / by Charles Kingsley, Jun., Rector of Eversley
1874, Seventh Edition. London : Macmillan. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #450103
Physical description: xvi, 389 pages. Notes: Publisher's advertisements at end of volume (number of pages may depend on the printing date).
Contents: The Laura -- The dying world -- The Goths -- Miriam -- A day in Alexandria -- The new Diogenes -- Those by whom offences come -- The east wind -- The snapping of the bow -- The interview -- The Laura again -- The bower of Acrasia -- The bottom of the Abyss -- The rocks of the sirens -- Nephelococcugia -- Venus and Pallas -- A stray gleam -- The prefect tested -- Jews against Christians -- She stoops to conquer -- The squire-bishop -- Pandemonium -- Nemesis -- Lost lambs -- Seeking after a sign -- Miriam's plot -- The prodigal's return -- Woman's love -- Nemesis -- Every man to his own place. Subjects: Hypatia -415 ; Fiction. Hypatia -415. 30 B.C.-640 A.D. Women philosophers ; Fiction.
Price: €25.00