The choice of books : and other literary pieces. [How to read.; Poets of the old world; Poets of the modern world; The misuse of books; Culture: a dialogue;Past and present: a letter to Mr. Ruskin; The romance of the peerage: Lothair; Froude's Life of Carlyle; The life of George Eliot ]

London ; New York : Macmillan, 1888, 1888. Good. 3rd printing ; vii, 447 p. ; 18 cm ; LC: Z1003; Dewey: 824 ; OCLC: 37325026 ; purple cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; slight knock ; edge wear to top of spine ; untrimmed ; Contents: The choice of books (partly from Fortnightly review, April 1879): I. How to read. II. Poets of the old world. III. Poets of the modern world. IV. The misuse of books. -- Culture: a dialogue (Fortn. rev., Nov. 1867) -- Past and present: a letter to Mr. Ruskin [in reply to one ... published in Fors clavigera for June 1876] (Fortn. rev., July 1876) -- The romance of the peerage: Lothair (Fortn. rev., June 1870) -- Froude's Life of Carlyle (North Amer. rev., Jan. 1885) -- The life of George Eliot [George Eliot's life ... Ed. by her husband, J.W. ; Harrison was an avowed Positivist, which philosophy he acquired through his education at Oxford, by his association with Richard Congreve, John Stuart Mills and George Henry Lewes. He wrote for the Fortnightly Review for 30 years, and practiced law in London. He was also the author of various biographical works ; G