Contents: Introduction.- Gérard de Nerval.- Villiers de l'Isle Adam.- Arthur Rimbaud.- Paul Verlaine.- Jules Laforgue.- Stéphane Mallarmé.- Huysmans as a symbolist.- Maeterlinck as a mystic.- Conclusion.- Bibliography and notes.
By John Swammerdam, M.D. With the life of the author, by Herman Boerhaave, M.D. Tr. from the Dutch and Latin original edition, by Thomas Flloyd. Revised and improved by notes from Reaumur and others, by John Hill, M.D.
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