| Description |
xii, 232 p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| Note |
Partly reprinted from various sources. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue -- On some books and their associations -- An epistle to an editor -- Bramston's "Man of taste" -- The passionate printer to his love -- M. Rouquet on the arts -- The friend of humanity and the rhymer -- The parent's assistant -- A pleasant invective against printing -- Two modern book illustrators. I. Kate Greenaway -- A song of the Greenaway child -- Two modern book illustrators. II. Mr. Hugh Thomson -- Horatian ode on the tercentenary of "Don Quixote" -- The books of Samuel Rogers -- Pepys' "Diary" -- A French critic on Bath -- A welcome from the "Johnson club" -- Thackeray's "Esmond" -- A miltonic exercise -- Fresh facts about Fielding -- The happy printer -- Cross readings--and Caleb Whiteford -- The last proof. |
| Subject |
English literature -- History and criticism.
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Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901.
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Thomson, Hugh, 1860-1920.
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| Standard No. |
NZ1 7728351 |
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AU@ 000024693049 |
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