3^ BOOKS PUBLISHED BY CHATTO 6- WINDUS. 

 MR. SW^INBURNE'S WORKS. 



Second Edition now ready of 



BothNA^ell : A* Tragedy. By Algernon 



Charles Swinburne. Crown 8vo, cloth extra, pp. 540, ib.s. 6d. 



" Mr. Swinburne's most prejudiced critic cannot, we think, deny that * Bothwell * 

 is a poem, of a very high character. Every line bears traces of power, individuality, 

 and vivid imagination. The versification, while characteristically supple and melo- 

 dious, also attains, in spite of some affectations, to a sustained strength and dignity 

 of £ remarkable kind. Mr. Swinburne is not onl^ a master of the music of lan- 

 guage, but he bas that indescribable touch which discloses the true poet-=-the touch 

 that lifts from o'Sf the ground." — Saturday Review. 



*' It is not too much to Say that, should he never vmte anything more, the poet 

 has by this work firmly established his position, and given us a poem upon v^hicb his 

 fame may safely rest. He no longer indulges in that frequent alliteration, or that " 

 oppressive wealth of imagery and colour, which gave rhythm and splendour to some 

 of his works, but would have been out of place in a grand historical poem ; we have 

 now a fair opportunity of judging what the poet can do when deprived of such 

 adventitious aid, — and the verdict is, that he must henceforth rank amongst the first 

 of British authors." — Graphic. 



"The whole drama flames and rings with high passions and great deeds. The 

 imagination is splendid ; the style large and imperial ; the insight ijito character 

 keen ; the blankverse varied, sensitive, flexible, alive. Mr. Swinburne has once more 

 proved his right to occupy a seat among the lofty singers of our land." — Daily News. 



" A really grand, statuesque dramatic work. . . . The reader will here find 

 Mr. Swinburne at his very best, if manliness, dignity, and fulness of style are superior 

 to mere pleasant singing and alliterative lyrics. —Standard. 



*' Splendid pictures, subtle analyses of passion, and wonderful studies of character 

 will repay him who attains the end. ... In this huge volume are many fine and 

 some unsurpassable things. Subtlest traits of character abound, and descriptive pas- 

 sages of singular delicacy." — Atken^u^n. 



"There can be no doubt of the dramatic force of the poem. It is severely simple 

 in its (Action, and never dull ; there are innumerable fine touches on almost every 

 page. " — Scots-man. 



" ' Bothwell * shows us Mr. Swinburne at a point immeasurably superior to any that 

 he has yet achieved. It will confirm and increase the reputation which his daring 

 genius has already won. He has handled a difficult subject with a mastery of art 

 which is a true intellectual triumph.'*— i/<3Kr. 



Chastelard : A Tragedy. Foolscap 8vo, 75. 

 Poems and Ballads. Foolscap 8vo, 9.?. 

 Notes on ''Poems and Ballads," and 



on the Reviews of them. Demy 8vo, is. 



Songs before Sunrise. PostSvo, 10^.6^. 

 Atalanta in Oalydon, Fcap. 8vo, 6^. 



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