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Columbia Books
THE POETRY OF HISTORY
The Contribution of Literature and Literary Scholarship
to the Writing of History Since Voltaire
EMERY NEFF
"An informed and lucid account of the major changes which the
interpretation of history has undergone in the past two centuries."–
American Scholar.
"Because these essays about European historians are written with
a scholar's breadth of reference and a critic's perception, the reader
will find them rich in incidental insights and unexpected suggest–
tions."-Garrett Mattingly in the
New York Times Book Review.
$3.50
CHAUCER'S WORLD
Compiled
by
EDITH RICKERT,
edited
by
CLAIR C. OLSON
and
MARTIN M. CRow
A unique collection of excerpts from medieval records, public and
private documents, and literature illustrating the world of fourteenth
century England and France that Chaucer knew and wrote about.
Lavishly illustrated with fifty-five contemporary prints.
$6.75
The Columbia
Dictionary of Modern
European Literature
HORATIO SMITH,
Ed.
1,200 authors and their prin–
cipal works, from 31 literatures.
"Anyone with a love of letters
will
find this copious volume
not only interesting reading but
also a reference guide to be
consulted almost daily."-New
York Herald Tribune.
$10.00
The Poetry of
Thomas
Hardy
JAMES
G.
SouTHWORTH
"Of the deepest interest
to
students of Hardy and of his
period, Southworth's book is
also of positive value to every
reader who likes Hardy's poe–
try, or wishes to learn for
himself the full measure of its
peculiar and often veiled beau–
ty."-John T. Frederick in the
Chicago Sun.
$3.00
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