Taine and German literature in Taine’s English History
Review of Van Laun’s second edition translation of Taine’s History of English Literature. Praises Taine’s method and vivid portraiture of Norman life, notes on his tolerance, and contrasts with German romanticism. Critiques balance of excerpts, inclusion choices, and Faust treatment, and commends editors’ precise revisions and the work’s value for English students of German literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Taine
North of Scotland
van Lamn
Brief Notices on Religion and Botany Books
Review discusses Considerations for the Clergy by A Recusant, noting its blend of science and theology and its critique of Calvinism. It also covers Trees A Popular Account of Their Nature and Uses by Mary and Exhrapeed Kirsy, praising style, illustrations, and usefulness as a gift or prize. Ned Wright: The Story of His Life is described as a new edition of a remarkable career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot Stock
Mary and
Exhrapeed Kirsy
Cassell
Misson Kirby
Ned Wright
Hodder and Stoughton
German Literature outlines condensed and general
Review notes Tanner and Van Laun translation as a compact survey of English literary history. Gostwick presents outlines of German literature, catalogued by Robert Harrison at the London Library with publication by Williams and Norgato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Tanner
D.C.L
H. van Laun
Edinburgh Academy
Edinburgh
Edmonston and Douglas
Joseph Gostwick
Robert Harrison
London Library
Williams and Norgato
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Messrs. Chambers
Lessing
Goethe
Schiller
Kant
Fichte
Schelling
Hegel
George MacDonald
Tieck-Novalis
Tieck
Novalis
Phan
Rolle
Inngland
England
Jean Paul Richter
Faust
Atiahi H
Don Carlos
Philip Sr
Marquis of
Posa
Separte
Margaret
Mephistopheles
Jean Paul
Ennus
Richter
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