ENGLISH ESSAYS FROM A FRENCH PEN

London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear. Very Good. Publisher's blue cloth. Illustrated with 5 plates. Chapters on the forbidden pastimes of a recluse in 12th century England, a journey to Scotland in 1435, Paul Scarron, Voltaire's visit to England, and more. Jusserand was the French ambassador to the United States during World War I and also a perceptive critic of English literature. In 1916, he received the first Pulitzer Prize for history. Bookseller's ticket on the rear pastedown and on the front pastedown the small Fountain Lawn Library bookplate of coal baron La Fayette Butler, many of whose books were left untouched (truncated) from the time of their purchase by him until their sale in the summer of 1999. (Inventory #: 020771)