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FABLES; Original and Selected:—With an introductory dissertation on the History of Fable, and comprising Biographical Notices of the most eminent Fabulists, by G. Moir Bussey. Embellished with numerous Engravings by J. J. Grandville.
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"To the lovers of Fables—that is to say, to every one who has imagination and moral sense—this publication ought to be a welcome and grateful offering."—Atlas.
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VALENTINE VOX, THE VENTRILOQUIST;—by Henry Cockton, Esq. Embellished with Sixty richly humourous Engravings on steel, by S. Onwhyn.
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This is one of the most amusing and deeply interesting publications of the day. The power of an accomplished Ventriloquist is well known to be unlimited. There is no scene in life in which that power is incapable of being developed; it gives its possessors an absolute command over the actions, the feelings, and the passions of men; while its efficacy in loading with ridicule every prejudice and every project whose tendency is pernicious, cannot fail to be perceived at a glance. The design of this work, although essentially humorous, is not, however, to excite peals of laughter alone: it has a far higher object in view, namely, that of removing the most prominent of our social absurdities and abuses, by means the most peculiarly attractive and pleasing.
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