Author: John Evelyn; William Shakespeare; William Makepeace Thackeray; Edmund Burke; Cicero
Title: A Collection of Volumes from Cassell&Apos;S National Library
Description: London, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1904-1905. Cloth. Five smart volumes by great writers from the Cassell National Library. Five volumes. Cassell's National Library. Each volume includes a portrait frontispiece. This set includes: The Diary of John Evelyn (Reign of Charles II), 1904. A memoir of the author's adult life from 1640 to 1706. With an introduction by Austin Dobson, an English poet and essayist. The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare, 1904. A comedy originally written in 1602. With an introduction by Henry Morley, an English academic and one of the earliest professors of English Literature in Great Britain. The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1904. Sketches of manners, morals, court, and town life. With an introduction by Louis Frederic Austin, a British literary journalist, critic, and secretary to Henry Irving. An Essay on the Sublime and Beautiful by Edmund Burke, 1905. A philosophical enquiry on the sublime. With an introduction by Henry Morley. Old Age and Friendship: Essays by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 1905. A philosophical commentary on aging and friendship. With an introduction by Henry Morley. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Cassell Evelyn Shakespeare Thackeray Evelyn Cicero None


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