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Page 39 - That young lady had a talent for describing the involvements, and feelings, and characters of ordinary life, which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with. The Big Bow-wow strain I can do myself like any now going ; but the exquisite touch, which renders ordinary commonplace things and characters interesting, from the truth of the description and the sentiment, is denied to me.
Page 39 - Matched with this cameleopard - his fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife is lost in it; A strain too learned for a shallow age, Too wise for selfish bigots; let his page, Which charms the chosen spirits of the time, Fold itself up for the serener clime Of years to come, and find its recompense In that just expectation.
Page 4 - LIVES OF THE ARCHBISHOPS OF CANTERBURY. From St. Augustine to Juxon. By the Very Rev. WALTER FARQUHAR HOOK, DD , Dean of Chichester. Demy 8vo. The volumes sold separately as follows: — Vol. I., 15s.
Page 4 - A work of the very highest merit ; its learning is exact and profound ; its narrative full of genius and skill ; its descriptions of men are admirably vivid. We wish to place on record our opinion that Dr. Mommsen's is by far the best history of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Commonwealth.
Page 5 - The History of the Rise and Progress of the English Constitution. By Sir EDWARD CREASY, late Chief Justice of Ceylon. A Popular Account of the Primary Principles, the Formation and Development of the English Constitution, avoiding all Party Politics.
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Page 3 - Professor Browne is not only a classical scholar, but one of the most graceful of English modern writers. In clearness, purity, and elegance of style, his compositions are unsurpassed '• and his sketches of the lives and works of the great authors of antiquity are models of refined taste and sound criticism. We esteem very highly the value of a work like this. It is the result of great research and profound study, but it is also popular and entertaining.
Page 3 - We cannot express our opinion of Dr. Curtius' book better than by saying that it may be fitly ranked with Theodor Mommsen's great work." — London Spectator. "As an introduction to the study of Grecian history, no previous work is comparable to the present for vivacity and picturesque beauty, while in sound learning and accuracy of statement it is not inferior to the elaborate productions...
Page 29 - It deserves to be spoken of with all praise, as one towards which author, editor, illustrator, and publisher have equally done their best. Of the translation itself we cannot speak too highly. It has all the force and freshness of original writing.
Page 2 - Good-bye, Sweetheart! BY Miss BROUGHTON. A Vagabond Heroine. BY MRS. EDWARDES. John Marchmont's Legacy. BY Miss BRADDON. The Poison of Asps. BY MRS. Ross CHURCH. The Wooing O't. BY MRS. ALEXANDER. A Race for a Wife. BY HAWLEY SMART. Archie Lovell. BY MRS. EDWARDES.