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BELLES LETTRES. 27

Webster (Augusta)— .nwA^w^^.

A WOMAN SOLD, AND OTHER POEMS. Crown 8vo. 'js. 6d.

  • ^Mrs, IVebstjfr has shown us that she is able to draw admirably

from the life; that she can observe with subtlety^ and render her observations with delicacy ; that she can impersonate complex con* ceptions and venture where few living writers can follow her,^* — Guardian.

PORTRAITS. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. y. 6d.

  • 'Mrs, Webster's Iwems exhibit simplicity and tenderness . . . her

tcLste is perfect . . . This simplicity is combined with a subtlety of thot^ht^feeUng^ and observation which demand that attention which only real lovers of poetry are apt to bestow,** — Westminster Review.

PROMETHEUS BOUND OF AESCHYLUS. UteraUy translated

into English Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3^. 6d,

" Closeness and simplicity combined with literary skill** — Athe- NiEUM. ** Mrs, IVebstef^s ^Dramatic Studies* and * Translatwn of Prometheus^ have won for her an honourable place among our female poets. She writes with remarkable vigour and dramatic recUiaattonf and bids fair to be the most successfiil claimant of Mrs, Brozoning^s mantle,*'*'— British Quarterly Review.

MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. Literally translated into Englisii

Verse. Extra fcap. 8vo. 3^. 6d

    • Mrs, Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations* It is

a photograph of the original without any oj that harshness which so often accompanies a photegraph,**-^yfEsrrumsTER Review.

THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap.Svo. Sj.

    • The ' Auspicious Day ' shows a marked advance^ not only in arty

buty in what is of tor more importanccy in brecuUh of thought and intellectual grasp,^* — Westminster Review. " This drama is a manifestation of high dramatic power on the part of the gifted writer y and entitled to our warmest admirationy as a worthy piece of work, ** — Standard.

YU-PE-YA'S LUTE. A Chinese Tale in English Verse. Extra

fcap. 8vo. %s, 6d.

    • A very charming talCy charmingly told in dainty vers^y with

occasional lyrics of tender beauty,^* — Standard. ** We close the book with the renewed conviction that in Mrs, Webster we have a profound and ordinal ^et. The book is marked not by mere sweetness of melody — rare as that gift is — but by the infinitdy rarer gifts of dramatic powery ofpassiony and sympathetic insight.** — ^Westminster Review.

When I was a Little Girl. STORIES FOR CHILDREN.

By the Author of "SL Olave's." Fifth Edition. Extra fcap. 8yo. 4j. 6d. With Eight Illustrations by L. Frolich.