OXFORD books of exceptional interest
The Life of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
By
ROBERT HALSBAND
"Her definitive biography .. . splendidly entertaining and informative to
boot."-CHARLES POORE,
New York Times.
"A
remarkably clear and
detailed impression of this contradictory woman . . . always abounding
with vitality and going her own eccentric way. Mr. Halsband is to be
congratulated on a biography that will at once satisfy the scholar and
delight the general
reader."-Saturday Review.
Illustrated.
$7.00
The Correspondence of Alexander Pope
Edited by
GEORGE SHERBURN
". . . these five closely packed volumes will remain as one of the out–
standing achievements of modern research ... well over two thousand
letters . . . are here scrupulously reproduced, with indications of all
early revisions and concoctions ... arranged in chronological sequence ...
in one long, unfolding narrative, from [Pope's] sixteenth year until his
death."-JAMES
L .
CLIFFORD.
New York Times Book Review.
5 volumes.
The Dialies of John Ruskin
Volume I: 1835-1847
Edited by
JOAN EVANS
and
J.
H. WHITEHOUSE
$33.60
Volume I in a three-volume series which is the first publication of the
Ruskin diaries. Covering most of his life, these journals have a spontaneity
of observation and expression often lacking in his other writing. Most of
the original manuscripts were the property of the late Mr. Whitehouse.
Profusely illustrated.
$11.20
The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill
Edited by
DOUGLAS GRANT
A
reliable, well-annotated text of Charles Churchill's once enormously
popular satirical poetry. There are notes on the eighteenth century political
scene he enlivened and a short biography. The volume contains several
poems never before collected. "It is difficult to conceive how this edition
can be bettered or
superseded."-Saturday Review.
20 facsimiles.
$10.10
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