The Napoleon of Notting Hill. 12_mo._ $1.50.
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--_Boston Herald_.
George Bernard Shaw. An illustrated Biography.
_12 mo. $1.50 net. Postage 12 cents_.
The Ball and the Cross. 12_mo._ $1.50.
Gilbert K. Chesterton. A Criticism.
_Cloth. 12mo. $1.50 net. Postage 12 cents_.
An illustrated biography of this brilliant author; also an
able review of his works.
"The anonymous author is a critic with uncommon discrimination
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of genius--impersonality."--_Baltimore News_.
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VERNON LEE
Uniform sets boxed. _8 volumes. Cloth. $12.00 net._ _Express extra.
$1.50 net each. Postage 10 cents._
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Laurus Nobilis. Essays on Art and Life.
Renaissance Fancies and Studies.
The Countess of Albany.
Limbo and Other Essays, including:
"Ariadne in Mantua"
Pope Jacynth, and Other Fantastic Tales
Hortus Vitae, or the Hanging Gardens
The Sentimental Traveller
The Enchanted Woods
The Spirit of Rome
Genius Loci
Hauntings
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W. COMPTON LEITH
Apologia Diffidentis. An intimate personal book.
_Cloth. 8vo. $2.50 net. Postage 15 cents_.
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best has never equalled this.... A human document as striking as it
is unusual.... The impress of truth and wisdom lies deep upon every
page."--_The Dial._
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ANATOLE FRANCE
"Anatole France is a writer whose personality is very strongly
reflected in his works.... To reproduce his evanescent grace and
charm is not to be lightly achieved, but the translators have done
their work with care, distinction, a
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