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BELLES LETTRES
EPISODES OF VATHEK. By William Beckford.
Translated by Sir Frank T. Marzials, with an Introduction by
Lewis Melville. Medium 8vo, cloth. 21 s. net. These
Episodes or Eastern Tales, related in the Halls of Eblis,
were discovered recently by Mr. Lewis Melville in the
archives of Hamilton Palace. They were conceived by
Beckford as three episodes complete within themselves,
which he proposed to interpolate, in the manner of the
“Arabian Nights,” info his famous Oriental story of
“Vathek.” The original in French is given after the
English translation, and the reader will find this volume
extremely interesting both as treasure trove and literature.
SONNETS AND BALLADES OF GUIDO CAVALCANTI.
Translated by Ezra Pound. Crown 8vo, cloth. 3 s. 6 d.
net. We have had many translations of the Divina
Commedia, a few of the Vita Nuova. Rosetti has
translated a miscellany of “Early Italian Poets,” but in these
“Sonnets and Ballades” of Guido Cavalcanti we have a
new thing, the endeavour to present a 13th century
Tuscan poet, other than Dante, as an individual. More
than one Italian critic of authority has considered
Cavalcanti second to Dante alone in their literature.
Dante places him first among his forerunners.
LEAVES OF PROSE, interleaved with verse. By Annie
Matheson, with which are included two papers by May
Sinclair. Crown 8vo. 5 s. net. This volume is composed
of a selection of those short studies for which Miss
Matheson is so justly famous. Literature, Sociology,
Art, Nature, all receive her attention in turn, and on each
she stamps the impression of her own personality. The
prose is soft and rhythmic, infused with the atmosphere
of the country-side, while the lyrics scattered throughout
the volume reflect a temperament that has remained
equable under the most severe trials. No book more
aptly expresses the spirit of Christianity and
goodfellowship as understood in England.
OFF BEATEN TRACKS IN BRITTANY. By Emil Davies.
Crown 8vo, cloth. 7 s. 6 d. net. In this book the author,
who has already won for himself a position in a
surprisingly large variety of fields, goes off the beaten track in
more than one direction. It is a book of travel, philosophy
and humour, describing the adventures, impressions and
reflections of two “advanced” individuals who chose
their route across Brittany by ruling a straight line
across the map from Brest to St. Malo—and then went
another way!
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