Belles Lettres.
Chaucer’s Poems.
Selections from the Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. By Charles D. Deshler. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 63 cts.
Chaucer and Spenser.
Selections from the Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. By Charles D. Deshler. Spenser, and the Faery Queen. By Mrs. C. M. Kirkland. 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1 25.
“A mine of wealth and enjoyment, a golden treasury of exquisite models, of graceful fancies, of fine inventions, and of beautiful diction.”—Cincinnati Herald.
Fouque.—Undine and Sintram.
Undine, a Tale; and Sintram and his Companions, a Tale. From the German of La Motte Fouqué. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 50 cts.
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Gilman, Mrs.—The Sibyl;
Or, New Oracles from the Poets; a Fanciful Diversion for the Drawing-Room. 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, extra gilt, $1 50.
“A sweet book of short and most pleasant quotations from the poets, illustrative of character, tastes, loves, &c., formed into a drawing-room game, with questions and answers. It is beautifully designed, beautifully executed, and beautifully robed for the gift-dispensing Christmas and New-Year public.”—Evangelist.
Goldsmith.—The Vicar of Wakefield.
By Oliver Goldsmith. 1 vol., 12mo, neatly printed, cloth, 50 cts.
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Hervey.—The Book of Christmas:
Descriptive of the Customs, Ceremonies, Traditions, Superstitions, Fun, Feeling, and Festivities of the Christmas Season. By Thomas K. Hervey. 12mo, green cloth, 63 cts.
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Hood.—Prose and Verse.
By Thomas Hood. 12mo, green cloth, $1.
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“A very judicious selection, designed to embrace Hood’s more earnest writings, those which were written from the heart, which reflect most faithfully his life and opinions.”—Broadway Journal.
Howitt.—Ballads and other Poems.
By Mary Howitt. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 75 cts.
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“Her poems are always graceful and beautiful.”—Mrs. S. C. Hall.
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Hunt.—Imagination and Fancy;
Or, Selections from the English Poets, illustrative of those first requisites of their Art; with markings of the best Passages, Critical Notices of the best writers, &c. By Leigh Hunt. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 62 cts.
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“One of those unmistakable gems about which no two people differ. It is really and truly an exquisite selection of lovely passages, accompanied with critical notices of unequal worth; and it would be difficult to select a work on the subject so beautifully, earnestly, eloquently written.”—Westminster Review.
“This volume is most justly to be called a feast of nectared sweets where no crude surfeit reigns.”—London Examiner.
Hunt.—Stories from the Italian Poets:
Being a Summary in Prose of the Poems of Dante, Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso; with Comments throughout, occasional passages Versified, and Critical Notices of the Lives and Genius of the Authors. By Leigh Hunt. 12mo, cloth, $1 25.
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⁂ See “History,” “Travels,” &c.
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Keats.—Poetical Works.
The Poetical Works of John Keats. 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.
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Keats.—Life, Letters, &c.
The Life, Letters, and Literary Remains of John Keats. Edited by Richard Moncton Milnes. Portrait and fac-simile. 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1 25.
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Lowell.—A Fable for Critics:
Or A Glance at a Few of Our Literary Progenies. By a Wonderful Quiz. 1 vol., 12mo, boards, 50 cents; cloth, 63 cts.
“Beneath its unpretending drab cover lies hid a world of polished satire, keen subtle humor, and manly vigorous sentiment, interspersed with touches of genuine pathos.”—Knickerbocker Magazine.
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Lamb.—Essays of Elia.
By Charles Lamb. 1 vol., 12mo, cloth, $1.
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“Shakspeare himself might have read them, and Hamlet have quoted them; for truly was our excellent friend of the genuine line of Yorick.”—Leigh Hunt’s London Journal.
Lamb.—Specimens of the English Dramatic Poets.
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Lynch.—Poems, &c.
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“The many beautiful and sublime thoughts that are scattered through this volume will amply repay a perusal.”—Albany Eve. Jour.
Montagu’s Selections from Old English Writers.
Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, Lowth, Brown, Fuller, and Bacon. By Basil Montagu. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 50 cents; cloth gilt, $1.
“This volume contains choice extracts from some of the noblest of the old English writers.”—Cincinnati Atlas.
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Peacock.—Headlong Hall and Nightmare Abbey.
1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, 50 cts.
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‘All philosophers, who find
Some favorite system to their mind,
In every point to make it fit,
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Tasso.—Godfrey of Bulloigne;
Or, the Recovery of Jerusalem: done into English Historical Verse, from the Italian of Tasso, by Edward Fairfax. Introductory Essay, by Leigh Hunt; and the Lives of Tasso and Fairfax, by Charles Knight. 1 vol., 12mo, $1 25.
“The completest translation, and nearest like his original of any we have seen.”—Leigh Hunt.
“The Jerusalem Delivered is full, to the last stanza, of the most delightful inventions, of the most charming pictures, of chivalric and heroic sentiment, of portraits of brave men and beautiful women—in time, a prodigal mine of the choicest resources and effects of poetry. So it has been always known to the world, so Fairfax brings it to us.”—Mirror.
Taylor.—Poems and Ballads.
The Poems and Ballads of J. Bayard Taylor. With Portrait painted by T. Buchanan Read, Esq. 12mo, cloth, 75 cents; cloth gilt extra, $1 25.
“A spirit of boldness and vigor pervades the volume.”
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Walton.—The Lives of Donne, Walton, Hooker,
Herbert, and Sanderson. By Izaak Walton. New edition. 1 vol., 12mo, green cloth, $1.
“The Lives are the most delightful kind of reading. Walton possesses an inimitable simplicity and vivacity of style.”—Mrs. Kirkland.
Bibliotheca Americana.
A Catalogue of American Publications, including Reprints and Original Works, from 1824 to 1848, inclusive. Compiled by O. A. Roorbach. Royal 8vo, pp. 359, $4.
⁂ A very useful book to all librarians and booksellers.