Arthur Symons — An Introduction to the Study of Browning

London, Cassell & Company, 1886. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of 'An Intorduction to the Study of Browning' Arthur Symons. First edition with the publisher's advertisements dated 9/86. In original cloth binding and direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. This work is a study of the works of Robert Browning. Symons writes of him as a 'dramatist, humorist, lyrist, painter, musician, philosopher and scholar.' The chapters are divided into 'general characteristics' (of Browning and his work) and 'characteristics of the poems&apos. The appendix includes a bibliography of Robert Browning and a reprint of discarded prefaces to some of Browning's works. Arthur Symons was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. His first book of poetry was published in 1889 and consisted of dramatic monologues. He was influenced by a close study of modern French writers of Charles Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine. In a full cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound though strained in places. Pages are slightly age toned to the edges and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .