A book of preferences in literature / by Eugene Mason
1915, First Edition. London : John G. Wilson. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over paper-wrapped boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat bumped and rubbed as with age. Corners dulled. Front free end paper clipped. Very light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #459261
Physical description; ix, 1 unnumbered, 11-221 pages : 18 cm. Contents; M. Anatole France, and the complete sceptic -- On the short story, and two modern exemplars (Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Guy de Maupassant)--The poet as artist (José-Maria de Heredia) with some translations -- The poet as mystic (Mr. W.B. Yeats) -- Two Christian poets (Christina G. Rossetti and Paul Verlaine) -- A Catholic poet (Francis Thompson and his legend) -- Walter Pater, and some phases of development -- An introduction to Wace's "Roman de Brut." Subjects; Thompson, Francis 1859-1907. Literature. Criticism England History 20th century.
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