Excerpt from Seadrift, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel Guercino had painted one of his fine beauti ful heads, grand in its despair, representing Dido stabbing herself on the funeral-pile, of which the flames gleamed their ill-omened light on the re creant and flying prince. Grief, pity, and terror were depicted in the faces of the attendants, and love and anguish in the countenance of her sister. The figures were highly relieved from the canvas by the strong light admitted by Guercino from' the top only of his studio on his models, which gave them a surprising solidity.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.