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This unique Library will comprise the best works of standard authors; published in an elegant form, with a beautiful frontispiece, tastefully ornamented.
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THOMSON.—THE SEASONS. By JAMES THOMSON.
"Place the 'Seasons' in any light, and the poem appears faultless; the episodes are delicious stories; the descriptions so accurate as to bear the closest test; the versification richly harmonious; yet always in perfect keeping with the subject; and above all the sentiments are so pure, the lessons in virtue so attractive, the religion so natural, graceful, and winning, so opposed to bigotry and superstition, that the reader cannot fail to become better and wiser by the perusal of that which produces sensations of the most supreme pleasure."—S.C. Hall.
GEMS FROM AMERICAN POETS; Consisting of selections from the most esteemed authors.
"Exceedingly neat in form and arrangement. We are extremely obliged to the taste of the selector of these transatlantic gems." Above a hundred and twenty specimens of popular American poets adorn the pages; most of them worthy of being so chosen, and some of them eminently sweet and beautiful."—Lon Lit. Gazette.
HANNAH MOORE'S PRIVATE DEVOTIONS, With selections from various authors.
Of this esteemed manual twenty-five thousand copies have been sold in England, and double the quantity in this Country.
CLARKE'S SCRIPTURE PROMISES. In this edition every passage of Scripture has been compared and verified.
"The volume is like an arranged museum of gems, and precious stones, and pearls of inestimable value. The divine promises comprehend a rich and endless variety."—Dr. Wardlaw.
GOLDSMITH.—ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M.B.
GOLDSMITH.—THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
"Goldsmith, both in verse and prose, was one of the most delightful writers in the language. His verse flows like a limpid stream. His ease is quite unconscious. Every thing in him is spontaneous, unstudied, unaffected, yet elegant, harmonious, graceful, and nearly faultless."—Hazlit.
JOHNSON.—THE HISTORY OF RASSELAS PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA. A TALE.By SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.
The fund of thinking which this work contains is such, that almost every sentence of it may furnish a subject of long meditation.
COTTIN.—ELIZABETH, OR THE EXILES OF SIBERIA. By MADAME COTTIN.
The extensive popularity of this little tale is well known.
TOKEN OF AFFECTION.
" OF FRIENDSHIP.
" OF REMEMBRANCE.
" OF LOVE.
" OF THE HEART.
Each volume consists of appropriate poetical extracts from the best writers of the day.
PURE GOLD FROM THE RIVERS OF WISDOM.
A collection of short extracts on religious subjects, from the older writersBishop Hall, Burrow, Paley, Jeremy Taylor, &c.
ST. PIERRE.—PAUL AND VIRGINIA; FROM THE FRENCH OF J.B.H. DE ST. PIERRE.
The translation of this interesting and affecting little tale was made by the celebrated Helen Maria Williams, at Paris, amidst the horrors of Robespierre's tyranny. It speedily rose to great favor in England and has ever since maintained its place in the estimation of persons of taste and refinement.
LALLAH ROOKH. AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE. By THOMAS MOORE. From the twentieth London Edition.
This exquisite poem has long been the admiration of readers of all classes. Its appearance in its present unique form will recommend it afresh to all lovers of poetry.
SACRA PRIVATA. THE PRIVATE MEDITATIONS AND PRAYERSOF THE RT. REV BISHOP WILSON. Accommodated to general use.
This well known work is perhaps on the whole the best devotional treatise in the language, and it now appears in a dress worthy of its character.
SCOTT.—THE LADY OF THE LAKE, A POEM. By SIR WALTER SCOTT.
"There is a richness and spirit in this poem—a profusion of incident and shifting brilliancy of coloring, that remind us of the witchery of Ariosto—and a constant elasticity and occasional energy which seem to belong more peculiarly to the author now before us."—Jeffrey.
YOUNG. THE COMPLAINT; OR, NIGHT THOUGHTS. By EDWARD YOUNG, D.D.
"In his 'Night Thoughts' Young exhibits entire originality of style, elevation of sentiment, grandeur of diction, and beauty of imagery, accompanied with an extensive knowledge of men and things, and a profound acquaintance with the feelings of the human heart."—Monthly Magazine.
THE USEFUL LETTER WRITER.—Comprising a Succinct Treatise on the Epistolatory Art, and forms of Letters for all ordinary occasions of Life. Compiled from the best Authorities.
This little volume is admitted by competent judges to be the best Manual of Epistolatory Correspondence ever published.
MOORE.—IRISH MELODIES. By THOMAS MOORE
These celebrated melodies are too well known and appreciated to need much euology, they breathe throughout a spirit of Nationality in the language which "Moore" alone could give.
POLLOK.—THE COURSE OF TIME. A POEM By ROBERT POLLOK.
Few modern poems exist which at once attained such acceptance and celebrity as Pollok's Course of Time. Originally issued without a name, preface, or any other appendage; its lofty themes, exciting spirit, melodious verse, and all-powerful effects upon the reader, completely silenced all criticism and secured general and increasing popularity.
HANNAH MORE.—PRACTICAL PIETY. By HANNAH MORE.
"Practical Piety" has always been deemed the most attractive, and eloquent, and edifying of all Hannah More's didactic works. Any person who can peruse it without additional wisdom or benefit, must be either superior or inferior to our common humanity.
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