TE A N SL AT ED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE ] WALTER FEDERAÜ NOKES

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Horace is the second of a sériés of metrical translations of the ragedies of Corneille, the Father of the French classic draina [ Tl produced last year, attracted considérable notice, and elicitld eulogium for the pureness and simplicity of its diction, its trua ring, and notably for its conscientious fidelity to the original Ji"race is fully up to the mark of its predecessor. Mr N ht, reptoduced in English verse not only the spirit but the language! it bis author, religiously eschewing that laxity— the bane of transis winch gaves a paraphrase of the wprk instead of the work itselt. Ph'n ■ the. J^ench text page for page with the translation is ;

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^ e hâve great pleasure in welcoming a translator of CorneiïJ ucceeds m conveymg a true sense of the vigour and beautvl ’ench poet s diction. Mr. Nokes* blank verse, while it follôvl aely the thoug-ht and almost the construction itself of Corneille’? ee from anythmg like slavishness, and c*n be read for its own rt from Us mérita as a faithful copy of the original.— Vanity Fa\ A spirited and élégant translation.— Saturday Review .

A®, an almost literal translation couclmd in fine blank verse, es achievument is a marvel.— Lloyd's Weehly Newspaper. hese admirable translations are remarkable alike for consoler ty and for high poetic ability.— Cambridge Chronicle. he translation is perfeefc, and is given in language whieb. agaii becomes as brilliant as it is characteristic of talent and tas vvctk'y Messenger.

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