Belcaro. By Vernon Lee. (Satchell and Co.)—The "Essays on Sundry
iffsthetical Questions," as the author describes her book, in its second title, are marked by all the qualities which distinguished her " Studies of the Eighteenth Century in Italy." That work was scarcely less appreciated in Italy than it was in England, and gave its author a rank among writers in the broader aspects of Art, which this book fully sustains. We cannot quite go with her in all that she says ; we are not yet educated up to the point of saying " that the Apollo and the Laocoon are impostors of exploded reputa- tion ;" but we recognise the freshness of the author's thought, and the vigorous, humorous expression which she gives to it by her style. We would express our special admiration for the essay, " A Dialogue on Poetic Morality," with which the volume concludes.
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