Great Writers
A New Series of Critical Biographies
Edited by Professor ERIC S. ROBERTSON.
MONTHLY SHILLING VOLUMES.
Vol. I.—“LIFE OF LONGFELLOW.”
By Professor ERIC S. ROBERTSON
“The object of ‘Great Writers’ is to ’furnish the public with interesting and accurate accounts of the men and women notable in modern literature.’ The first volume, now before us, is on Longfellow, by the Editor, and gives, in the space of 180 pages, a detailed account of the poet’s life, an analysis of his work, and an essay on his place in literature. It is as the household poet par excellence that Longfellow may reasonably take the first place in such a series as that now to be issued, and, as an accompaniment to the reading of the poems themselves, nothing more is wanted than will be found in these pages. The type is clear, the paper good, the binding stout, and the size handy. Altogether a remarkable shillingsworth, even in this day of cheap books. Other numbers promised are ‘Coleridge,’ by Hall Caine; ‘Dickens,’ by Frank Marzials; and ‘Rossetti,’ by Joseph Knight. If the future numbers are as good as the first, a great success may be anticipated.”
—The Standard.
Vol. II. is “LIFE OF COLERIDGE.”
By HALL CAINE.
Vol. III. will be “LIFE OF DICKENS.”
By FRANK T. MARZIALS. [Ready Feb. 20.
Vol. IV. will be “LIFE OF ROSSETTI.”
By JOSEPH KNIGHT. [Ready March 20.
The following Gentlemen have agreed to write the volumes forming the First Year’s Issue:—William Rossetti, Hall Caine, Richard Garnett, Frank T. Marzials, William Sharp, Joseph Knight, Augustine Birrell, Professor D’Arcy Thompson, R.B. Haldane, M.P., Austin Dobson, Colonel F. Grant, and The Editor.
London:
WALTER SCOTT, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.