J Morley — Literary Essays

London, Arthur L Humphreys, 1906. Leather. The edition of Morley's Literary Essays. Stated to the recto of half title page as 'reprinted by permission of Messrs Macmillan & Co&apos. Macmillan printed the original 1891 edition of Studies in Literature and several other critical books by Morley such as his Critical Miscellanies. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD (1906-1973) a noted book collector and diarist. This is the first time these five essays were published together. Contains critical essays on Byron, Carlyle, Macaulay, Wordsworth and his essay On The Study of Literature. John Morley was a British liberal statesman, writer, and newspaper editor. He wrote many biographies including Voltaire, Rousseau and Edmund Burke. In a full calf binding. Externally, very smart. Small amounts of rubbing to joints. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .