London: Macmillan, 1888. Dark green cloth, spine gilt lettered. Just a little leaned, page edges yellowed, small ink name on front fly leaf and at top of title page, else a fine copy. E&L A30, BAL 10589, Supino 30.1.0. Both BAL and Supino dispute E&L's claim that there was a distinct US issue. Edition of 2 k copies. Contents: Emerson; Life of George Eliot; Daniel Deronda: A Conversation; Anthony Trollope; Robert Louis Stevenson; Miss Woolson; Alphonse Daudet; Guy De Maupassant; Ivan Turgenieff; George Du Maurier; and his important essay The Art of Fiction. .; Octavo