Characteristics of men of genius
Subtitle: a series of biographical, historical, and critical essays
By: selected, ... chiefly from the North American review
Series: The Catholic series
Publisher: J. Chapman
Published: 1846
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Biography; Genius; Literature; History and criticism
Other titles: North American review.; Dial (Boston)
Notes: Ed. by John Chapman.

The essays on Goethe, Shelley, and Canova are from the Dial.

Half-title: The Catholic series.

Preface signed: John Chapman.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Gregory the Seventh and his age. The founder of the Jesuits. Blaise Pascal and his writings. Dante. Petrarch. Milton. Shelley. Lord Byron. Goethe; title: v.2. Sir Walter Scott. Wordsworth. The poets of Germany. Michael Angelo. Canova. Machiavelli. Louis the Ninth. Peter the Great.