EMBRACING
Selections from the Poetical Literature of the United States, from the Time of the Revolution,
WITH A
Preliminary Essay on the Progress and Condition of Poetry in this Country, and Biographical and Critical Notices of the most eminent Poets.
By RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.
EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.
Elegantly bound in Col'd Calf and Morocco.
Price $5 00, or in Cloth Gilt, $3 00.
"We think in the 500 pages of this beautiful volume, the reader will find nearly all that is worth reading in American Poetry."—Boston Post.
"Mr. G has done a service to our literature which eminently entitles him to the regard and favor of a discerning and impartial public."—National Intelligencer.
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THE
POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE:
WITH
Biographical Notices and Translations,
From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
By HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
In One Large 8vo. Volume, 750 Pages.
Morocco elegant, $5 50, or cloth gilt, $3 75.
Which comprises translations from the following: Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. &c.