ASPASIA 



A ROMANCE 



OF ART AND LOVE IN ANCIENT HELLAS 



BY 



ROBERT HAMERLING 

 From the German by MARY J. SAFFORD 



OPLMIONS OF THE PRESS IN GERMANY. 

 " 'Aspasia' is a poem, which seems to have been accidentally clad 

 in the garb of prose. Every portion of it is permeated and trans- 

 figured by the loftiest ideas of humanity. Yet what we particularly 

 admire in this brilliant work is the great skill with which the Greek 

 local coloring is reproduced. Hamerling, in this, his latest creation, 

 proves himself to be a dehneator of mankind par excellence. The 

 description of characters is as truthful as it is interesting. 'Aspasia' 

 is a historical picture; for the incidents and persons within the limits 

 of the story are in the main historical, only the minor accessories being 

 imaginary. The whole action revolves about the central figure of 

 'Aspasia,' who stands forth with majestic grandeur. No reader will 

 be able to escape the lofty, poetic charm of the book." — 



Europa, (Leipsic). 



" It is one of the great excellencies of this romance, this lofty song 

 of the genius of the Greeks, that it is composed with perfect artistic 

 symmetry in the treatment of the different parts, and from the first 

 word to the last is thoroughly harmonious in tone and coloring. 

 Therefore, in 'Aspasia,' we are given a book, which could only pro- 

 ceed from the union of an artistic nature and a thoughtful mind — a 

 book that does not depict fiery passions in dramatic conflict, but with 

 dignified composure, leads the conflict therein described to the final 

 catastrophe." — Allgemeine Zeltung. (Augsburg). 



TWO VOLUMES 

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V/ILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, 



Publisher, 



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