WORKS IN LITERATURE
THE LITERARY HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
By Moses Coit Tyler, Professor of American History, Cornell University.
Two volumes, sold separately. 8o, each, $3.00
Volume I., 1763-1776; Volume II., 1776-1783.
“Professor Tyler’s newest work is rich, stimulating, informing, and delightful. And it is not only fascinating, itself, but it is a luminous guide into the whole abundant, varied, and alluring field of our revolutionary literature: poetry, belles-lettres, biography, history, travel and crackling controversy.”—George W. Cable in Current Literature.
A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE DURING THE COLONIAL TIME.
By Moses Coit Tyler, New edition, revised. Two volumes, sold separately.
8o, each, $2.50
Volume I., 1607-1676; Volume II., 1676-1765.
Agawam edition, 2 vols. in one, 8o, half leather $3.00
THE LITERARY MOVEMENT IN FRANCE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
By Georges Pellissier. Authorized English version by Anne G. Brinton, together with a General Introduction. 8o
The eminent French critic M. Ferdinand Brunetière says of this: “M. Pellissier’s work is no less the picture than the history of contemporary literature. In addition, it is also the philosophy of, or rather describes, the evolution of the literary movement of our country.”
PHILOSOPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
A course of lectures delivered in the Lowell Institute, Boston. By John Bascom, author of “Problems of Philosophy,” etc. 8o, pp. xii. + 318, $1.50
STUDIES IN GERMAN LITERATURE.
Edited by Marie Taylor. 8o, pp. viii. + 421 $2.00
“The work of a painstaking scholar, who can select with rare discernment what should come to the foreground of attention, and who has the power of expressing his own views with exceptional grace.”—Literary World.
THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE.
I. From its Origin to the Renaissance.
II. From the Renaissance to the Close of the Reign of Louis XIV.
III. From the Reign of Louis XIV. to that of Napoleon III.
By Henry Van Laun. Three vols. in one. Half leather, cloth sides, 8o,
pp. 342, 392, 467 $3.50
“It is full of keenest interest for every person who knows or wishes to learn any thing of French literature, or of French literary history and biography—scarcely any book of recent origin, indeed, is better fitted than this to win general favor with all classes of persons.”—N. Y. Evening Post.
AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1607-1885.
By Prof. Charles F. Richardson, of Dartmouth College. Two vols., 8o,
pp. xx. + 535, 456 $6.00
Popular edition. Two vols. in one, half bound, 8o, pp. xx. + 992, $3.50
Part I.—The Development of American Thought.
Part II.—American Poetry and Fiction.
“It is acute, intelligent, and original, showing true critical instinct and a high order of literary culture.”—Indianapolis Journal.
THE LITERARY MOVEMENT IN FRANCE DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
By Georges Pellissier. Authorized English version by Anne G. Brinton,
together with a General Introduction. 8o, pp. 479 $3.50
The eminent French critic, M. Ferdinand Brunetiere says of this: “M. Pellissier’s work is no less the picture than the history of contemporary French literature. In addition, it is also the philosophy of, or rather describes, the evolution of the literary movement of our country.”
AMERICAN LITERATURE, 1607-1885.
By Prof. Charles F. Richardson, of Dartmouth College. Two vols., 8o,
pp. xx. + 535, 456 $6 00
Popular edition. Two vols. in one, half bound, 8o, pp. xx. + 992 $3 50
Part I.—The Development of American Thought.
Part II.—American Poetry and Fiction.
“It is acute, intelligent, and original, showing true critical instinct and a high order of literary culture.”—Indianapolis Journal.
PHILOSOPHY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
A course of lectures delivered in the Lowell Institute, Boston. By John Bascom, author of “Problems of Philosophy,” etc. 8o, pp. xii. + 318, $1.50
“A knowledge of forces, as well as of facts, is essential to our comprehension of any phenomena.... It is this which Mr. Bascom helps us to gain.”—Chicago Tribune.
STUDIES IN GERMAN LITERATURE.
Edited by Marie Taylor. Crown 8o, pp. viii. + 421 $2 00
“The work of a painstaking scholar, who can select with rare discernment what should come to the foreground of attention, and who has the power of expressing his own views with exceptional grace.”—Literary World.
THE HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE.
I. From its Origin to the Renaissance.
II. From the Renaissance to the Close of the Reign of Louis XIV.
III. From the Reign of Louis XIV. to that of Napoleon III.
By Henry van Laun. Three vols. in one. Half leather, cloth sides, 8o,
pp. 342, 392, 467 $3 50
“It is full of keenest interest for every person who knows or wishes to learn anything of French literature, or of French literary history and biography—scarcely any book of recent origin, indeed, is better fitted than this to win general favor with all classes of persons.”—N. Y. Evening Post.
A LITERARY HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE.
From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By J. J. Jusserand, author of “The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare,” etc. To be completed in three parts, each part forming one volume. Sold separately.
Part I.—From the Origins to the Renaissance. With frontispiece.
8o, gilt top, pp. xii. + 544 $3 50
In Preparation:
Part II.—From the Renaissance to Pope.
Part III.—From Pope to the Present Day.
“The book bears witness on every page to having been written by one whose mind was overflowing with information, and whose heart was in abounding sympathy with his work. Mr. Jusserand possesses pre-eminently the modern spirit of inquiry, which has for its objects the attainment of truth and a comprehension of the beginnings of things and of the causes that have brought about effects.”—New York Times.
G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, New York and London.