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THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD; by Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.—With a Portrait; and Life of the Author, by G. M. Bussey. Embellished with two Hundred Engravings.
Demy 8vo. cloth, gilt back, (252 pp.) price 5s.
"This tale is the lasting monument of Goldsmith's genius, his great legacy of pleasure to generations past, present, and to come."—Examiner.
"If such a work be charming in its simplicity, how much more so must it be when it comes to us in so gay a dress as the present—when the simple-hearted vicar actually stands before us; when every scene, and nearly every character is engraved to the physical vision, and all that is most delightful in the language, is rendered still more delightfully visible to the eye. There is to us an added pleasure in every page; and if it be not a new book, at least we read it with a new zest, and feel that there is an additional charm added to him who was
'In wit, a man—simplicity, a child!'"—Court Journal.