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by one who regarded Him as no Messiah, but as a pure-minded and high- 

 souled enthusiast. The anonymous author now comes forward with a 

 similar study. He fairly warns those * whose hearts are firmly fixed in the 

 lessons of their childhood,' and 'pious souls ' who do not want their faith 

 disturbed, to stop at the preface. . . . The great value of the work lies in its 

 wonderfully vivid pictures of the social, religious, and political life of the 

 times pictures composed of skilfully grouped hints derived from a wide 

 reading of contemporary, classical, and Talmudic literature." Christian 

 World. 



" Such books as these, being diplomatic intermediaries between extreme 

 agnostics and extreme dogmatists, can do nothing but good." Truth. 



A Magnificent Folio Edition of 



Goethe's Faust. 



FROM THE GERMAN BY JOHN ANSTER, LL.D., 

 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BURDETT MASON. 



ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK M. GREGORY. 



Mr Redway has the honour to announce the publication by him of the 

 most magnificent edition of this immortal work yet produced. 



The size is grand folio, 20^ by 15$ inches. 



The text is by Dr John Anster, who was the earliest translator of Faust 

 into English. His version, first published in 1835, gave pleasure to Coleridge, 

 and is liked in Germany. 



The illustrations (eighteen in black and white, ten in colour) form the 

 special attraction of the volume. The charm of these illustrations is due hardly 

 less to the artists who reproduced them than to Mr Frank Gregory, from 

 whose wonderful drawings they were made. The new photo-aquarelle process 

 has enabled us to embellish each copy of the book with a set of illustrations in 

 colour, which an expert alone could determine were not actual water-colour 

 paintings. 



Mr Gregory, an American artist of undoubted genius, and secretary of the 

 famous Salmagundi Club of New York, took up his residence in Germany in 

 order to accomplish satisfactorily the work he had undertaken of illustrating 

 Faust. He visited the scenes of Goethe's life and the supposed scenes of 

 the Faust legend. His models of Marguerite, Mephisto and Faust were of course 

 found in Germany ; the elaborate costumes were kindly lent by the manage- 

 ment of the Munich theatre, and all the accessories carefully supervised by 

 those to whom Faust has been a life- long study. 



The result is a splendid example of the bookmaker's art which should be 

 in the hands of every connoisseur. 



The entire edition (265 copies) has been produced in Germany, with the 

 exception of the binding, which is the work of Messrs Burn & Co., London, 

 from a striking design supplied by the artist. 



