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ENGLISH CLASSICS.EDITED BYWM. J. ROLFE, A.M.Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, 56 cents per vol.; Paper, 40 cents per vol.This work has been done so well that it could hardly have been done better. It shows throughout knowledge, taste, discriminating judgment, and, what is rarer and of yet higher value, a sympathetic appreciation of the poet’s moods and purposes. * * * The peculiarities of Shakespeare’s style are pointed out and elucidated; his allusions are explained; his singular use of words, and moods and tenses and cases, is remarked upon; and the archaic and transitional phraseology which is found in many passages of his plays are made the occasion of instructive but unpedantic comment.—N. Y. 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Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $5.00; Sheep, $6.00; Half Calf, $9.50. Popular Edition, 1 vol., 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.FROUDE’S CARLYLE. Thomas Carlyle. A History of the First Forty Years of his Life (1795-1835). ByJames Anthony Froude, M.A. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2 volumes in one, 12mo, Cloth, $1.00. Also, in 2 vols., 4to, Paper, 15 cents per volume.Harper’s Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry.Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry. Edited byEpes Sargent. Large 8vo, nearly 1000 pages; Containing nearly 2000 Selections from over 750 Authors; Arranged Chronologically: with a Biographical Sketch, and a Critical Estimate of each Author. Illuminated Cloth, with Colored Edges, $4.50; Half Leather, $5.00.Mr. Sargent has shown the knowledge and the skill that might have been expected from so well-read and so accomplished a writer; he has shown a catholicity as well as a sureness of taste; he has proceeded on what seems to me the true principle of arrangement, that of chronology; he has made his selections as full as he could consistently with the multitude to be selected from, neither rejecting old ones because they were old, nor accepting new ones because they were new, but earnestly aiming in both cases to represent the great body of British and American poets at their best, and their best only; and he has felt the natural demand of its readers for information concerning it and its authors—an imperative demand which he has fulfilled with a thoroughness that is honorable to his scholarship, and with a modesty that is honorable to his genius. That such a work as this might have been done differently I can see; that it could have been done better I do not see at all.—R. H. Stoddard, inThe Critic, N. Y.The special value of this collection is in the fact that it expresses the taste and feeling of one of the most cultured men of this generation, who, with a poet’s sensibility, spent his whole life in the companionship and atmosphere of books and authors. His judgment could be trusted. His taste was almost unerring in literary matters. His criticism was as keen as it was genial, and seemed to detect the faulty and the false almost by instinct. It is a great privilege to have such a man’s selection of the poems in the English language worth preserving. Mr. Sargent’s work deserves special commendation for the exquisite justice it does to living writers but little known. It is a volume of rare and precious flowers, culled because of their intrinsic value, without regard to the writers’ fame.—Evening Express, N. Y.Mr. Sargent was eminently fitted for the preparation of a work of this kind. Few men possessed a wider or more profound knowledge of English literature; and his judgment was clear, acute, and discriminating. * * * The beautiful typography and other exterior charms broadly hint at the rich feast of instruction and enjoyment which the superb volume is eminently fitted to furnish.—N. Y. Times.We commend it highly. It contains so many of the notable poems of our language, and so much that is sound poetry, if not notable, that it will make itself a pleasure wherever it is found.—N. Y. Herald.A handsome volume, which will give the purest pleasure to great numbers of hearts and households. * * * Most readers will find their favorite poems, and selections from their favorite poets. * * * As a cyclopædia for reference, and a volume for general reading, it is both useful and delightful.—Observer, N. Y.We consider Mr. Sargent’s “Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry” the best of all such cyclopædias in existence.—Buffalo Express.A poet himself of no mean reputation, and a man of large experience and excellent taste in literature, he possessed just the qualities requisite for the difficult task of sifting the great mass of British and American poetry, and selecting not only the poems which were good in themselves, but those which most fairly represent the genius and style of the several authors, and still keep the book down to reasonable proportions. His biographical sketches of the poets are admirable, giving just the information a reader cares for. We think Mr. Sargent’s work is even better than Mr. Bryant’s, and that is of itself no small praise.—Troy Press.We have in this volume the choicest from what would fill many library shelves, and also, at hand here, many fragmentary pieces, familiar favorites, but such as otherwise we should not know where to find when wanted.—The Advance, Chicago.The selections are so judiciously made and so handsomely clothed that the public cannot fail to be grateful, both for the skill of the editor and the taste of the publishers.—Christian Advocate, N. Y.Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.☞Harper & Brotherswill send the above work by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price.
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This work has been done so well that it could hardly have been done better. It shows throughout knowledge, taste, discriminating judgment, and, what is rarer and of yet higher value, a sympathetic appreciation of the poet’s moods and purposes. * * * The peculiarities of Shakespeare’s style are pointed out and elucidated; his allusions are explained; his singular use of words, and moods and tenses and cases, is remarked upon; and the archaic and transitional phraseology which is found in many passages of his plays are made the occasion of instructive but unpedantic comment.—N. Y. Times.
OTHELLO.JULIUS CÆSAR.THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM.MACBETH.HAMLET.MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.ROMEO AND JULIET.AS YOU LIKE IT.THE TEMPEST.TWELFTH NIGHT.THE WINTER’S TALE.KING JOHN.RICHARD II.HENRY IV.Part I.HENRY IV.Part II.HENRY V.RICHARD III.HENRY VIII.KING LEAR.THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.CORIOLANUS.THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.CYMBELINE.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.MEASURE FOR MEASURE.MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.TIMON OF ATHENS.TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.HENRY VI.Part I.HENRY VI.Part II.HENRY VI.Part III.PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE.THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN.POEMS.SONNETS.TITUS ANDRONICUS.
OTHELLO.JULIUS CÆSAR.THE MERCHANT OF VENICE.MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM.MACBETH.HAMLET.MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING.ROMEO AND JULIET.AS YOU LIKE IT.THE TEMPEST.TWELFTH NIGHT.THE WINTER’S TALE.KING JOHN.RICHARD II.HENRY IV.Part I.HENRY IV.Part II.HENRY V.RICHARD III.HENRY VIII.
KING LEAR.THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.CORIOLANUS.THE COMEDY OF ERRORS.CYMBELINE.ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.MEASURE FOR MEASURE.MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR.LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST.TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.TIMON OF ATHENS.TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.HENRY VI.Part I.HENRY VI.Part II.HENRY VI.Part III.PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE.THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN.POEMS.SONNETS.TITUS ANDRONICUS.
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Others to follow.
DOWDEN’S SHAKSPERE. Shakspere. A Critical Study of his Mind and Art. ByEdward Dowden. 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.
GUIZOT’S SHAKSPEARE. Shakspeare and his Times. ByM. Guizot. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.
PERRY’S ENGLISH LITERATURE. English Literature in the Eighteenth Century. ByThomas Sergeant Perry. 12mo, Cloth, $2.00.
SWINTON’S STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE, Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time; together with Definitions, Notes, Analyses, and Glossary, as an aid to Systematic Literary Study. ByWilliam Swinton. With Portraits. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $1.50.
BAYNE’S LESSONS FROM MY MASTERS: Carlyle, Tennyson, and Ruskin. ByPeter Bayne, M.A., LL.D. 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.
DESHLER’S AFTERNOONS WITH THE POETS. Afternoons with the Poets. ByC. D. Deshler. Post 8vo, Cloth, $1.75.
HOWITT’S HOMES AND HAUNTS OF THE BRITISH POETS. ByWilliam Howitt. Illustrated. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $3.50.
D’ISRAELI’S AMENITIES OF LITERATURE. Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature. ByJ. D’Israeli, D.C.L., F.S.A. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $2.50.
TENNYSON’S POETICAL WORKS. Complete Edition, withThe Idyls of the Kingarranged in order. With numerous Illustrations and Three Characteristic Portraits. 8vo, Paper, $1,00; Cloth, $1.50.
PRIMERS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE:The Romance Period.—The Classical Period.—Modern Period.ByEugene Lawrence. 3 vols., 32mo, Paper, 25 cents each; Cloth, 40 cents each.
MISS MITFORD’S RECOLLECTIONS. Recollections of a Literary Life; or, Books, Places, and People. ByMary Russell Mitford. 12mo, Cloth, $1.50.
THE FRIENDSHIPS OF MISS MITFORD, as Recorded in Letters from her Literary Correspondents. Edited by the Rev.A. G. L’Estrange. 12mo, Cloth, $2.00; 4to, Paper, 25 cents.
LAMBS’ TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE. In 2 vols. Vol. I. Comedies. Vol. II. Tragedies. ByCharlesandMary Lamb. 32mo, Paper, 25 cents each; Cloth, 40 cents each.
MACAULAY’S LIFE AND LETTERS. By his Nephew,George Otto Trevelyan, M.P. With Portrait on Steel. Complete in 2 vols., 8vo, Cloth. Uncut Edges and Gilt Tops, $5.00; Sheep, $6.00; Half Calf, $9.50. Popular Edition, 1 vol., 12mo, Cloth, $1.75.
FROUDE’S CARLYLE. Thomas Carlyle. A History of the First Forty Years of his Life (1795-1835). ByJames Anthony Froude, M.A. With Portraits and Illustrations. 2 volumes in one, 12mo, Cloth, $1.00. Also, in 2 vols., 4to, Paper, 15 cents per volume.
Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry. Edited byEpes Sargent. Large 8vo, nearly 1000 pages; Containing nearly 2000 Selections from over 750 Authors; Arranged Chronologically: with a Biographical Sketch, and a Critical Estimate of each Author. Illuminated Cloth, with Colored Edges, $4.50; Half Leather, $5.00.
Mr. Sargent has shown the knowledge and the skill that might have been expected from so well-read and so accomplished a writer; he has shown a catholicity as well as a sureness of taste; he has proceeded on what seems to me the true principle of arrangement, that of chronology; he has made his selections as full as he could consistently with the multitude to be selected from, neither rejecting old ones because they were old, nor accepting new ones because they were new, but earnestly aiming in both cases to represent the great body of British and American poets at their best, and their best only; and he has felt the natural demand of its readers for information concerning it and its authors—an imperative demand which he has fulfilled with a thoroughness that is honorable to his scholarship, and with a modesty that is honorable to his genius. That such a work as this might have been done differently I can see; that it could have been done better I do not see at all.—R. H. Stoddard, inThe Critic, N. Y.
The special value of this collection is in the fact that it expresses the taste and feeling of one of the most cultured men of this generation, who, with a poet’s sensibility, spent his whole life in the companionship and atmosphere of books and authors. His judgment could be trusted. His taste was almost unerring in literary matters. His criticism was as keen as it was genial, and seemed to detect the faulty and the false almost by instinct. It is a great privilege to have such a man’s selection of the poems in the English language worth preserving. Mr. Sargent’s work deserves special commendation for the exquisite justice it does to living writers but little known. It is a volume of rare and precious flowers, culled because of their intrinsic value, without regard to the writers’ fame.—Evening Express, N. Y.
Mr. Sargent was eminently fitted for the preparation of a work of this kind. Few men possessed a wider or more profound knowledge of English literature; and his judgment was clear, acute, and discriminating. * * * The beautiful typography and other exterior charms broadly hint at the rich feast of instruction and enjoyment which the superb volume is eminently fitted to furnish.—N. Y. Times.
We commend it highly. It contains so many of the notable poems of our language, and so much that is sound poetry, if not notable, that it will make itself a pleasure wherever it is found.—N. Y. Herald.
A handsome volume, which will give the purest pleasure to great numbers of hearts and households. * * * Most readers will find their favorite poems, and selections from their favorite poets. * * * As a cyclopædia for reference, and a volume for general reading, it is both useful and delightful.—Observer, N. Y.
We consider Mr. Sargent’s “Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry” the best of all such cyclopædias in existence.—Buffalo Express.
A poet himself of no mean reputation, and a man of large experience and excellent taste in literature, he possessed just the qualities requisite for the difficult task of sifting the great mass of British and American poetry, and selecting not only the poems which were good in themselves, but those which most fairly represent the genius and style of the several authors, and still keep the book down to reasonable proportions. His biographical sketches of the poets are admirable, giving just the information a reader cares for. We think Mr. Sargent’s work is even better than Mr. Bryant’s, and that is of itself no small praise.—Troy Press.
We have in this volume the choicest from what would fill many library shelves, and also, at hand here, many fragmentary pieces, familiar favorites, but such as otherwise we should not know where to find when wanted.—The Advance, Chicago.
The selections are so judiciously made and so handsomely clothed that the public cannot fail to be grateful, both for the skill of the editor and the taste of the publishers.—Christian Advocate, N. Y.
Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.
☞Harper & Brotherswill send the above work by mail, postage prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price.
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Obvious punctuation and printer's errors have been corrected. See below for the detailed list.