MONTHLY SHILLING VOLUMES. 



G R E AJT^WRIT E RS. 



A New Series of Critical Biographies. 



Edited by Professor ERIC S. ROBERTSON. 



ALREADY ISSUED 



LIFE OF LONGFELLOW. BY PROFESSOR ERIC S. 

 ROBERTSON. 



" The story of the poet's life is well told. . . . The remarks on Longfellow as 

 a translator are excellent." Saturday Review. 



" No better life of Longfellow has been published." Glasgow Herald. 



LIFE OF COLERIDGE. By HALL CAINE. 



The Scotsman says" It is a capital book. . . . Written throughout with 

 spirit and great literary skill. The bibliography is unusually full, and adds to 

 the value of the work." 



The Academy says" It is gracefully and sympathetically written, . . . and 

 it is no small praise to say that it is worthy of the memory which it enshrines." 



The Birmingham Daily Post says " The book is a great gain, and cannot 

 be overlooked by any student of Coleridge." 

 LIFE OF DICKENS. BY FRANK T. MARZIALS. 



" An interesting and well-written biography." Scotsman. 



LIFE OF DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI. BY 



JOSEPH KNIGHT 



LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON. BY COL. F. GRANT. 

 LIFE OF DARWIN BY G. T. BETTANY. 

 CHARLOTTE BRONTE. By AUGUSTINE BIRRELL. 

 LIFE OF THOMAS CARLYLE. BY RICHARD 

 GARNETT, LL.D. 



Ready August 2$th. 

 LIFE OF ADAM SMITH. BY R. B. HALDANE, M.P. 



To be followed on September 26th by 

 LIFE OF KEATS. BY W. M. ROSSETTI. 



Volumes in preparation by AUSTIN DOBSON, WILLIAM SHARP, 

 JAMES SIME, EDMUND GOSSE, etc. 



LIBRARY EDITION OF "GREAT WRITERS." 



An Issue of all the Volumes in this Series will be published, printed 

 on large paper of extra quality, in handsome binding, Demy 8vo, price 

 2s. 6d. per volume. 



London : WALTER SCOTT, 24 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row. 



