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Boston, MA: James R. Osgood & Co., Late Ticknor & Fields and Fields. Osgood & Co, 1876. 12 x 18 cm. This is Emerson's frank and tart assessment of the Englishman. He calls on Coleridge and gets a blast against Unitarianism. He visits Wordsworth and gets an assessment of America: No class of gentlemen (a class of men of leisure),""too much given to the making of money."" Emerson discusses ""Race"" vis-a-vis the British, and also Arabs, negroes, French and others. Then he discusses ""Ability"", and ""Solidarity"". ""Character""-""-the British are reputed morose......they are sad by comparison with the signing and dancing nations."" He also discusses Aristocracy, Literature, Universities and makes a special trip to Stonehenge, and discusses that. His overall assessment of the British is quite positive. Beige cloth on board, blindstamped design with gilt title, slight wear to heel and toe of spine; small nameplate ""Clara Hersey, 315 Walnut Ave."" on front pastedown. Very good. . Catalogs: Literature.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers Publishers, �1929. 14 x 22 cm. Interesting collection: Plutarch, Cicero, Abdurrahman Ibn Khaldun, Izaak Walton, Sir William Temple, A.C. Benson, W.B. Yeats, Sainte-Beuve, Giacomo Leopardi, Johann G. Herder, and more� Dark green cloth on board, clean. Inscription on ffep. Pencil lines in margin occasionally in first 30 pp. Very good. . Catalogs: Literature.

New York, NY: Henry Sedley and Dorsey Gardner, 1867. 26 x 38 cm. Author's Edition of Dickens' ""Great Expectations."" Review, Conington's Aeneid. The Gardiner Will Case, connection with Pres. Tyler. Poetry: The Cowherds of Gnonthal; The White Lily. Paper periodical, edges frayed, good. . Catalogs: Literature.