Helps, Arthur.

Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon.

Three Volumes (Original Series – Vol. I and II / New Series: Vol. II (of II)). London, William Pickering / John W. Parker and Son, West Strand, 1849 – 1859. 12.1 cm x 19.7 cm. Pagination: Volume I: Book One: VIII, 228 pages / Volume I: Book Two: VI, 324 pages / New Series – Volume II: VI, 370 pages. Hardcover / Original, very decoratiove full leather with raised bands, gilt lettering and ornament. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters: Conformity / Despair / Fiction / On the Art of Living with Others / On the Miseries of Human Life / On Pleasantness / On Government / On Giving and Taking Criticism / Improvement of the Condition of the Rural Poor / Slavery / Rowing down the River Moselle / Lover’s Quarrells / Slavery is cruel / Slavery is needless / Slavery is unauthorized / On taking Criticism etc.

Friends in Council, by Sir Arthur Helps, comprises two series of readings and discourses, which were collected and the first volume published in England, in 1847; the second in 1859. They are cast in the form of a friendly dialogue, interspersed with essays and dissertations, by the “friends in council.” They cover a wide range of topics, from ‘Worry’ to ‘War,’ and from ‘Criticism’ to ‘Pleasantness.’ In style they are charming, the few angularities of diction being easily forgiven by reason of the fascination of the wise utterances and the shrewd observations which pervade the whole. In thought they are carefully worked out and free from monotony. The author evinces a fine moral feeling and a discriminating taste. (Bartleby.com)

Sir Arthur Helps KCB HonDCL (1813 – 1875) was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 18th-19th centuries · 19th Century – Rare · 19th Century Literature · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Classic · Classical Literature · English History – Rare · English Literature – Rare · English Literature of the 19th century · Literature · Sir Arthur Helps
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 200238AB

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