[iv], 247, [1] pp. Tall 8vo. Bound in replica of 'the most decorative binding in English ownership which can be ascribed to Le Gascon with any appearance of probability.' Includes frontispiece and five engraved plates by Swan Electric Engraving Co. A collection of articles on various literary, political, social, and historical topics, including: On the Binding of This Volume; London - After Forty Years; A Study in Despair; Comet-Lore; Concerning Some Portraits of Emma, Lady Hamilton; Marlborough and Wellington; Three Seeresses (1880-1900, 1424-1431); 'The Bluidy Advocate Mackenzie'; Sister Beatrice: A Miracle Play. in Three Acts; Shelley's Views on Art; A French Governess; Tolstoy and Turgenieff; The Queen's Chronicler; Aunt Maisie's Indiscretion; The Salon in England; Postponed; 'The Garden of Love.' A Painting by Rubens, in the Prado; Sir Harry Parkes in China; Impressions and Opinions. The Anglo-Saxon Review was edited by Lady Randolph Spencer Churchill (mother to future Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill) published from June 1899 to September 1901, each volume bound in fine decoratively gilt-tooled leather.
