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 BELLES LETTRES. 27

Webster (Augusta)— .nwA^w^^.

A WOMAN SOLD, AND OTHER POEMS. Crown 8vo. 'js. 6d. 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.
 * ^Mrs, IVebstjfr has shown us that she is able to draw admirably

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

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

PROMETHEUS BOUND OF AESCHYLUS. UteraUy translated

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" 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

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a photograph of the original without any oj that harshness which so often accompanies a photegraph,**-^yfEsrrumsTER Review.
 * Mrs, Webster's translation surpasses our utmost expectations* It is

THE AUSPICIOUS DAY. A Dramatic Poem. Extra fcap.Svo. Sj. 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.
 * The ' Auspicious Day ' shows a marked advance^ not only in arty

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

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

When I was a Little Girl. STORIES FOR CHILDREN.

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