Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Four of this distinguished author's 177 short stories - Eye-Blindness and Soul-Blindness, Marion, La Rabbiata and By the Banks of the Tiber - all translated by G. H. Kingsley, were published as a collection, entitled Four Phases of Love. - Summary by Brian Fullen