then resident at Bruges, began that long series of patient
investigations into the history of Netherlandish art which was
destined to earn so rich a harvest. When he began work Memlinc was
still called Hemling, and was fabled to have arrived at Bruges as
a wounded soldier. The van Eycks were little more than legendary
heroes. Roger Van der Weyden was little more than a name. Most of
the other great Netherlandish artists were either wholly forgotten
or named only in connection with paintings with which they had
nothing to do. Mr. Weale discovered Gerard David, and disentangled
his principal works from Memlinc’s, with which they were then
confused. During a series of years he published in the “Beffroi,”
a magazine issued by himself, the many important records from
ancient archives which threw a flood of light upon the whole origin
and development of the early Netherlandish school. By universal
admission he is hailed all over Europe as the father of this study.
It is due to him in great measure that the masterpieces of that
school, which by neglect were in danger of perishing fifty years
ago, are now recognised as among the most priceless treasures of
the Museums of Europe and the United States. The Publication by
him, therefore, in the ripeness of his years and experience, of the
result of his studies on the van Eycks is a matter of considerable
importance to students of art history. Lately, since the revived
interest in the works of the Early French painters has attracted
the attention of untrained speculators to the superior schools of
the Low Countries, a number of wild theories have been started
which cannot stand upright in the face of recorded facts. A book is
now needed which will set down all those facts in full and accurate
form. Fullness and accuracy are the characteristics of all Mr.
Weale’s work._
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/VINCENZO FOPPA OF BRESCIA, Founder of the Lombard School, His
Life and Work./ By /Constance Jocelyn Ffoulkes/ and
/Monsignor Rodolfo Majocchi/, /D.D./, Rector of the Collegio
Borromeo, Pavia. Based on research in the Archives of Milan, Pavia,
Brescia, and Genoa, and on the study of all his known works. With
over 100 Illustrations, many in Photogravure, and 100 Documents.
Royal 4to. £5. 5_s._ net.
⁂ _No complete Life of Vincenco Foppa, one of the greatest of the
North Italian Masters, has ever been written: an omission which
seems almost inexplicable in these days of over-production in the
matter of biographies of painters, and of subjects relating to
the art of Italy. In Milanese territory--the sphere of Foppa’s
activity during many years--he was regarded by his contemporaries
as unrivalled in his art, and his right to be considered the head
and founder of the Lombard school is undoubted. His influence was
powerful and far-reaching, extending eastwards beyond the limits
of Brescian territory, and south and westwards to Liguria and
Piedmont. In the Milanese district it was practically dominant for
over a quarter of a century, until the coming of Leonardo da Vinci
thrust Foppa and his followers into the shade, and induced him to
abandon Pavia, which had been his home for more than thirty years,
and to return to Brescia. The object of the authors of this book
has been to present a true picture of the master’s life based upon
the testimony of records in Italian archives; all facts hitherto
known relating to him have been brought together; all statements
have been verified; and a great deal of new and unpublished
material has been added. The authors have unearthed a large amount
of new material relating to Foppa, one of the most interesting
facts brought to light being that he lived for twenty-three years
longer than was formerly supposed. The illustrations will include
several pictures by Foppa hitherto unknown in the history of art
and others which have never before been published, as well as
reproductions of every existing work by the master at present
known._
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JUNIPER HALL: Rendezvous of certain illustrious Personages
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Fanny Burney. Compiled by /Constance Hill/. With numerous
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various Contemporary Portraits. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.
_Daily Telegraph._--“ ... one of the most charming volumes
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* * * * *
JANE AUSTEN: Her Homes and Her Friends. By /Constance Hill/.
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* * * * *
THE HOUSE IN ST. MARTIN’S STREET. Being Chronicles of the Burney
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STORY OF THE PRINCESS DES URSINS IN SPAIN (Camarera-Mayor). By
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NEW LETTERS OF THOMAS CARLYLE. Edited and Annotated by
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THE NEMESIS OF FROUDE: a Rejoinder to “My Relations with
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NEW LETTERS AND MEMORIALS OF JANE WELSH CARLYLE. A Collection of
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/ÉMILE ZOLA: Novelist and Reformer./ An Account of his Life,
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Illustrations, Portraits, etc. Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.
_Morning Post._--“Mr. Ernest Vizetelly has given ... a very true
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hundred pages is a worthy tribute to the genius of the master.”
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promise any one who takes it up that he will find it very difficult
to lay it down again.”
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MEMOIRS OF THE MARTYR KING: being a detailed record of the last
two years of the Reign of His Most Sacred Majesty King Charles the
First, 1646-1648-9. Compiled by /Allan Fea/. With upwards
of 100 Photogravure Portraits and other Illustrations, including
relics. Royal 4to. 105_s._ net.
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Carolinian literature.”
_Pall Mall Gazette._--“The present sumptuous volume, a storehouse
of eloquent associations ... comes as near to outward perfection as
anything we could desire.”
* * * * *
AFTER WORCESTER FIGHT: being the Contemporary Account of King
Charles II.’s escape, not included in “The Flight of the King.” By
/Allan Fea/. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 15_s._
net.
_Morning Post._--“The work possesses all the interest of a
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the characters themselves, in the language of the time, and forms a
valuable contribution to existing Stuart literature.”
_Western Morning News._--“Mr. Fea has shown great industry in
investigating every possible fact that has any bearing on his
subject, and has succeeded in thoroughly establishing the incidents
of that romantic escape.”
_Standard._--“ ... throws fresh light on one of the most romantic
episodes in the annals of English History.”
* * * * *
KING MONMOUTH: being a History of the Career of James Scott,
the Protestant Duke, 1649-1685. By /Allan Fea/. With 14
Photogravure Portraits, a Folding-plan of the Battle of Sedgemoor,
and upwards of 100 black and white Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 21_s._
net.
_Morning Post._--“The story of Monmouth’s career is one of the most
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to make the reader personally acquainted with a large number of the
characters who prominently figured in the conspiracies and in the
intrigues, amorous and political, when society and politics were
seething in strange cauldrons.”
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FRENCH NOVELISTS OF TO-DAY: Maurice Barres, Réné Bazin, Paul
Bourget, Pierre de Coulevain, Anatole France, Pierre Loti, Marcel
Prévost, and Edouard Rod. Biographical, Descriptive, and Critical.
By /Winifred Stephens/. With Portraits and Bibliographies.
Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net.
⁂ _The writer, who has lived much in France, is thoroughly
acquainted with French life and with the principal currents of
French thought. The book is intended to be a guide to English
readers desirous to keep in touch with the best present-day
French fiction. Special attention is given to the ecclesiastical,
social, and intellectual problems of contemporary France and their
influence upon the works of French novelists of to-day._
* * * * *
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF ROBERT /Stephen Hawker/, sometime
Vicar of Morwenstow in Cornwall. By /C. E. Byles/. With
numerous Illustrations by /J. Ley Pethybridge/ and others.
Demy 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._ net. (Popular Edition.)
_Daily Telegraph._--“ ... As soon as the volume is opened one finds
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_Pall Mall Gazette._--“There is scarcely a page of this book that
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most living men of his day. Those who want the portrait of Hawker
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than in his writings, that will live long in the memory of Cornwall
and of England.”
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THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE. By /Alexander Gilchrist/. Edited
with an Introduction by /W. Graham Robertson/. Numerous
Reproductions from Blake’s most characteristic and remarkable
designs. Demy 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._ net. New Edition.
_Birmingham Post._--“Nothing seems at all likely ever to supplant
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difficult of subjects, it ranks among the finest things of its kind
that we possess.”
_Daily Mail._--“It would be difficult to name a more fascinating,
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_Western Morning News._--“This handsome volume should direct
attention anew to a man whose work merits remembrance.”
_Public Opinion._--“ ... The form in which this Life is now
published calls for the warmest praise.”
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MEMOIRS OF A ROYAL CHAPLAIN, 1729-63. The correspondence of
Edmund Pyle, /D.D./, Domestic Chaplain to George II, with
Samuel Kerrich, /D.D./, Vicar of Dersingham, and Rector
of Wolferton and West Newton. Edited and Annotated by /Albert
Hartshorne/. With Portrait. Demy 8vo. 16_s._ net.
_Truth._--“It is undoubtedly the most important book of the kind
that has been published in recent years, and is certain to disturb
many readers whose minds have not travelled with the time.”
_Westminster Gazette._--“How the world went when George II was
king, and what the Church made of it, are matters revealed with
a good deal of light in this entertaining volume, edited and
annotated by Mr. Hartshorne.”
_Great Thoughts._--“The Pyle letters, though not so well known as
other similar correspondence of a public nature, are well worth the
vast amount of labour and care bestowed upon their publication.”
* * * * *
GEORGE MEREDITH: Some Characteristics. By /Richard Le
Gallienne/. With a Bibliography (much enlarged) by /John
Lane/. Portrait, etc. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ net. Fifth Edition.
Revised.
_Punch._--“All Meredithians must possess ‘George Meredith; Some
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and the head office at Boxhill. Even Philistines may be won over by
the blandishments of Mr. Le Gallienne.”
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LIFE OF LORD CHESTERFIELD. An account of the Ancestry, Personal
Character, and Public Services of the Fourth Earl of Chesterfield.
By /W. H. Craig/, M.A. Numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo.
12_s._ 6_d._ net.
_Daily Telegraph._--“Mr. Craig has set out to present him (Lord
Chesterfield) as one of the striking figures of a formative period
in our modern history ... and has succeeded in giving us a very
attractive biography of a remarkable man.”
_Times._--“It is the chief point of Mr. Craig’s book to show the
sterling qualities which Chesterfield was at too much pains in
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and to exhibit him as a philosophic statesman, not inferior to any
of his contemporaries, except Walpole at one end of his life, and
Chatham at the other.”
_Daily Graphic._--“Reparation was due to Lord Chesterfield’s
memory; and this book which at last does him justice is a notable
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_Saturday Review._--“Mr. W. H. Craig’s book is the first connected
account of the public life of Lord Chesterfield, and the most
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_Standard._--“Mr. Craig has written an interesting book.”
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A QUEEN OF INDISCRETIONS. The Tragedy of Caroline of Brunswick,
Queen of England. From the Italian of /G. P. Clerici/.
Translated by /Frederic Chapman/. With numerous
Illustrations reproduced from contemporary Portraits and Prints.
Demy 8vo. 21_s._ net.
_The Daily Telegraph._--“It could scarcely be done more thoroughly
or, on the whole, in better taste than is here displayed by
Professor Clerici. Mr. Frederic Chapman himself contributes an
uncommonly interesting and well-informed introduction.”
_Westminster Gazette._--“The volume, scholarly and well-informed
... forms one long and absorbingly interesting chapter of the
_chronique scandaleuse_ of Court life ... reads like a romance,
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_The Times._--“Signor Clerici has brought to his task immense
pains, lucidity, and an impartiality of mind which does not prevent
a definite view from emerging. Mr. Chapman has done the translation
admirably well, and his own introduction is a careful assistance to
thoroughness.”
_Academy._--“Caroline’s life was an astounding romance, ... Mr.
Chapman especially lends colour to her adventures in his clever
introduction by the way in which he shows how, for all her genius
for mischief, and for all her tricks and wantonness, Caroline never
lost a curious charm which made her buoyancy and reckless spirit
lovable to the last.”
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LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF SAMUEL GRIDLEY HOWE. Edited by his Daughter
/Laura E. Richards/. With Notes and a Preface by /F. B.
Sanborn/, an Introduction by Mrs. /John Lane/, and a
Portrait. Demy 8vo (9 × 5-3/4 inches). 16_s._ net.
_Outlook._--“This deeply interesting record of experience. The
volume is worthily produced and contains a striking portrait of
Howe.”
_Dundee Advertiser._--“The picturesque, animated, and deeply
interesting story of his career is now open in a considerable
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friend, F. B. Sanborn, besides an illuminating preface by Mrs.
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They pulsate with the emotions of life amidst the difficulties,
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_Daily News._--“Dr. Howe’s book is full of shrewd touches; it seems
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His writing is striking and vivid; it is the writing of a shrewd,
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Whenever his attention is arrested he writes with living force.”
* * * * *
A LATER PEPYS. The Correspondence of Sir William Weller Pepys,
Bart., Master in Chancery, 1758-1825, with Mrs. Chapone, Mrs.
Hartley, Mrs. Montague, Hannah More, William Franks, Sir James
Macdonald, Major Rennell, Sir Nathaniel Wraxall, and others.
Edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by /Alice C. C.
Gaussen/. With numerous Illustrations. Demy 8vo. In Two
Volumes. 32_s._ net.
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_Daily News._--“To Miss Alice Gaussen is due the credit of
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her task has been carried out with completeness. The notes are
full of interesting items; the introduction is exhaustive; and the
collection of illustrations enhances the value of the book.”
_World._--“Sir William Pepys’s correspondence is admirable.”
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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, AN ELEGY; AND OTHER POEMS, MAINLY PERSONAL.
By /Richard Le Gallienne/. Crown 8vo. 4_s._ 6_d._ net.
_Daily Chronicle._--“Few, indeed, could be more fit to sing the
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RUDYARD KIPLING: a Criticism. By /Richard Le Gallienne/.
With a Bibliography by /John Lane/. Crown 8vo. 3_s._ 6_d._
net.
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ROBERT BROWNING: Essays and Thoughts. By /J. T. Nettleship/.
With Portrait. Crown 8vo. 5_s._ 6_d._ net. (Third Edition.)
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POEMS. By /Edward Cracroft Lefroy/. With a Memoir by /W.
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