Maurice Maeterlinck; A. Teixeira de Mattos — Hours of Gladness

London and New York, George Allen & Co. Ltd, 1912. Cloth. A delightful illustrated collection of Maeterlinck's essays on nature, with plates in colour by E. J. Detmold. Containing essays including 'The Wrath of the Bee', 'News of Spring', 'Perfumes' and 'Field Flowers', as well as numerous others. Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. His other works include 'The Intelligence of Flowers', 'The Life of the Ant' and 'The Life of Space&apos.Illustrated with twenty plates in colour, including a frontispiece, by E. J. Detmold. Collated, complete. Translated from the French by Alexander Teizeria de Mattos.With the ownership inscription of Leonard Harrison Matthews, a British zoologist known for his work on marine mammals. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a prolific author.With a loosely inserted newspaper clipping relating to the illustrator. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart; the head and tail of the spine are a touch bumped, as are the extremities. Ownership inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the odd strain. Pages are uncut and have just the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: E. J. Detmold. Very Good .