DASENT, George Webbe

JEST AND EARNEST. A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND REVIEWS

Chapman and Hall London 1873 1st edition. 2 volumes. 8vo. (7-1/4 x 5 inches). Handsomely bound in 3/4 dark green leather with marbled covers and endpapers. Spine slightly faded with raised bands and gilt lettering and decoration. Edges slightly rubbed. t.e.g. "The papers are mostly from the 'North British Review'; they include elaborate studies of England and Norway in the 11th century, and of Harold Hardrada." - DNB. Born in the West Indies and educated in England, George Dasent's (1817-1896) early travels introduced him to Jacob Grimm who fanned the flame of his interest in Scandinavian literature and mythology. A man of letters whose career spanned journalism, academics, civil service, law and writing, Dasent soon became a known scholar of Scandinavian literature and languages. He is best known for translating and writing many Norse and Icelandic tales and semi-autobiographical novels. He numbered John Stuart Mill, Julius Hare, Thackeray, Lord Granville, Matthew Arnold, and Baron Meyer de Rothschild among his friends.

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