Great Authors

From Goldsmith to Wordsworth

The Royal Upper Class Readers – Second Period

T. Nelson and Sons, 1890, lightly illustrated with sketched portraits at chapter headings, hardcover

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges, corners and covers in general , a little discoloration, minor foxing and marking to a few pages  (see photographs)

“The Second Period – from Goldsmith to Wordsworth – extends, speaking broadly, from the middle of the eighteenth to the middle of the nineteenth century.  As it covers in whole or in part the reigns of three of the Georges of the House of Hanover, it is sometimes called the Georgian age.”