MACMILLAISrS CATALOGUE OF WORKS IN 



English Men of Letters. — continued. 



I. DR. JOHNSON. By Leslie Stkphen. 



' ' Thd nru< si-ri\-s opais 7U-ll with Mr. Leslie Stephen! s sketch of Dr. 

 yohnson. It could hardly have been done better ; and it -will convey to 

 the readers for whom it is intended a juster estimate of Johnson than 

 either of the ttvo essays of Lord Macaulay " — Pall MaI.L GAZETTE. 



II. SIR WALTER SCOTT. By R. H. HuTTON. 



" The tone of the volume is excellent throughout." — Athen^UM. 



" We could not wish for a more suggestive introduction to Scott and 

 his poems and no7.>els." — Examiner. 



IIL GIBBON. By J. C. MoRisoN. 



" ^j a clear, thoughtful, and attractive record of the life and works of 

 the greatest among the world's historians, it deserves the highest praise." — 

 Examiner. 



IV. SHELLEY. By J. A. Symonds. 



" The lovers of this great poet are to be congratulated on liaving at 

 their cofnmand so fresh, clear , and intelligent a presentment of the subject, 

 written by a man of adequate and wide culture." — Athen^UM. 



V. HUME. By Professor Huxley. 



" // may fairly be said that no one no7u living could have expounded 

 Hume with more sympathy or with equal perspicuity." — Athex.'EUM. 



VI. GOLDSMITH. By William Black. 



" Mr. Black brings a fne sympathy and taste to bear in his criticism 

 of Goldsmith's zuri!i>tgs as well as in his sketch of the incidents of his life." 

 Athen^um. 



VII. DEFOE. By W. Minto, 



' ' Mr, Minto' s book is careful and accurate in all that is stated, and 

 faithful in all that it suggests. It will repay reading more than once." 



ATHEN.tUM."- 



VHI. BURNS. By Principal Shairp, Professor of Poetry in the 

 University of Oxford. 



^^ It is impossible to desire fairer criticism than Principal Shairp's 

 on B urns' s poetry .... None of the series has given a t^-uer estimate 

 eitlier of character or of genius than this little volume . . . . and all who 

 read it will be thoroughly grateful to the author for this monument to the 

 genius of Sco'land's greatest poet." — Spectator. 



IX. SPENSER. By the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's. 



^* Dr. Church is master of his subject, and writes always with good 

 taste. " — Academy. 



X. THACKERAY. By Anthony Trollope, 



^' Mr. Trollope' s sketch is excellently adapted tofufil the purpose of 

 the series in which it appears." — Athen^UM. 

 XL BURKE. By John Morley. 

 *' Perhaps the best criiii.ism yet published on the life and character of 



