WALTER HEADLAM. His Letters and Poems. With a Memoir by Cecil Headlam and a Bibliography by L. Haward. -
KORTE INHOUD
(Dr. Walter Headlam, 1866-1908). 'The news of the sudden death of Dr. Walter Headlam on the 20th of June brought, not only to his many friends, but to all lovers of Greek, a sense of irreparable loss. The recent publication of his 'Book of Greek Verse' had made it clear to a large circle of readers that a real master of Greek was among them; and his friends to whom this had been known for many years, were rejoicing in the thought that Headlam was as length stepping into his due place among the scholars of Europe. For a long time anxieties as to his health, and an unwillingness to put forth anything that had not received the last touch of completeness, had stood in his way; but of late these obstacles seemed to have been overcome, public appearances were no longer distasteful, and the consciousness that he possessed stores of knowledge, ripened and ready to be given to the world, was strong within him. The quality of his published work (?) affords some means of judging how high he would have ranked as an inte...
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London, 1910. IX,171p. Cloth. Upper edge gilded. Fore edge a bit foxed. Cover a bit stained. Head and tail spine a bit worn. Pages a bit rust stained. Some photocopies on the subject loosely inserted. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper. [Antiquarian] [Uitgever: Duckworth] [Jaar: 1910] [Titel: WALTER HEADLAM. His Letters and Poems. With a Memoir by Cecil Headlam and a Bibliography by L. Haward.]
