Original reddish-brown cloth with intricate coat of arms in gilt on boards. University of Edinburgh bookplate dated 1877 and cover coat of arms. Underlining confined to preface. The Function of Criticism, The Literary Influence of Academies, Maurice de Guerin, Eugenie de Guerin, Heinrich Heine, Pagan and Mediaeval Religious Sentiment, A Persian Passion Play, Joubert, Spinoza and the Bible, and Marcus Aurelius are the chapter headings. A few gutter strains, but no separations. 440 pp.