XXXIII.

THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.

A Tale. By OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Price 37 cents.

"This well-known and unequalled book forms a fitting companion of the excellent works constituting this popular series. The edition is prefaced by a collection of the criticisms pronounced by the most eminent writers of the world; and it is singular to observe the unanimity and the warmth of the praise bestowed upon its sweet simplicity of style and beauty of description"-N. Y. Evangelist.

"Wiley and Putnam could not have chosen from the range of fiction, a more acceptable work than this for No. 33 of their library. It is old and excellent, and will be read again and again while English Literature is admired."-N. Y. Observer.

"A valuable standard work, known and approved by all intelligent readers."-Mirror.

"The Vicar of Wakefield, the good old Vicar, whose deeds, trials, joys, privations and blessed eccentricities, were recorded with so much simplicity as well as beauty, by GOLDSMITH, forms another volume of the same series. So long as the publishers continue to select works similar to this, they need have no fears of a scarcity of readers; as wherever the English language is known, they long have, and will ever continue to be found."Auburn Journal.

"The 33d number re-introduces to us an old friend and one always welcome, The Vicar of Wakefield.' We know of no American edition in which this standard fiction appears to such advantage, or will be more likely to increase the number of its admirers."—Churchman.

“This has long been considered one of the most interesting tales in our language. The present edition is a reprint of the one edited by James Prior, author of The Life of Goldsmith,' and is illustrated by notes and accompanied by the editor's preface. In the beautiful language of Washington Irving, 'It is the moral of the work which entitles the author to the praise of super-eminent merit in this species of writing. No writer has arrived more successfully at the great ends of a moralist. By the finest examples he inculcates the practice of benevolence, patience in suffering and reliance on the providence of God."—New Bedford Mercury.

"This incomparably beautiful work makes the thirty-third number of 'Wiley & Putnam's Library of Choice Reading.' It has always, and most deservedly, been regarded as one of the choicest gems in this department of English literature. The value of the present edition is not a little increased by having prefixed to it the opinions expressed of its merits by some of the most eminent critics in different countries."—Albany Atlas. "The Vicar of Wakefield' is too well known to need commendation from But we cannot help expressing our pleasure at having this sterling old English Tale placed in the Library of Choice Reading; and we have no doubt but others will rejoice with us, in being able to obtain this standard work in its present cheap form, alth. "gh it is worthy of being printed and bound in the most magnificent and expensive manner."-Cin. Daily Atlas

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XXVIII.

LECTURES ON THE ENGLISH COMIC

WRITERS.

By WILLIAM HAZLITT. Price 50 cents.

Contents.-Lect. 1. Introductory. On Wit and Humor. 2. On Shakspeare and Ben Jonson. 3. On Cowley, Butler, Suckling, Etherege, &c. 4. On Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar. 5. On the Periodical Essayists. 6. On the English Novelists. 7. On the Works of Hogarth. 8. On the Comic Writers of the Last Century.

"As an impartial, lively and judicious critic the reputation of Mr. Hazlitt stands unrivalled among modern writers, and the present volume cannot fail to prove a most welcome supplement to the works of this attractive writer published in this series.”—New Bedford Mercury.

"Hazlitt's great fame as a critic will render praise of the nice discrimination, genuine feeling, and honesty of this work superfluous. It is among the best of his efforts."-N. Y. Evangelist.

"Another number of the same popular and useful series. It is the production of one of the most discriminating and elegant minds of the age, and is distinguished alike by the justness of its criticisms, and the rich vein of warm and glowing feeling that pervades it."-Albany Atlas.

"These Lectures are very entertaining, and contain admirable criticisms on all the great comic writers, down to the commencement of the nineteenth century, besides a capital essay on Wit and Humor. The author has truly performed a good office by telling us the manner of being pleased.”— Cincin. Atlas.

"These Lectures have had a great run in England, and deservedly so, for the present copy is taken from the third London edition. They are on Wit and Humor-on Shakspeare and Ben Jonson, &c., &c., forming altogether, a fund of interesting facts and anecdotes concerning some of the most noted writers, not to be found elsewhere."-Auburn Journal.

"He was the most readable of writers. The paper on Hogarth is one of the finest things in the English language. This is a work that no man of the present day could write; one, too, which is a model of the best order of criticism. Hazlitt was a writer you did not merely read-you learnt his words he was a man to quote."-Sunday Times.

"The discriminative criticisms on the Tatler,' 'Spectator,' and other essayists-on Hogarth, the Comic Dramatists, and on the later comic writers, are all well worthy of study. On the whole, we hope no reader of ours will fail to possess the book, as much from its philosophical spirit as for its fund of amusement."- Westminster Review.

"We apprehend that our Comic Writers,' and the list is a noble one, will be read with a keener relish and finer appreciation of their beauties, by those who will take the trouble to read these eloquent and pleasing Lectures."-Britannia.

VII.

WESTERN CLEARINGS.

By MRS. C. M. KIRKLAND. Price 50 cents.

Contents.-1. The Land Fever. 2. Ball at Thram's Huddle. 3. Foresi Fête. 4. Love versus Aristocracy. 5. Harvest Musings. 6. The Bee Tree 7 Idle People. 8. Chances and Changes. 9. Ambuscades. 10. Old Thoughts on the New Year. 11. The Schoolmaster's Progress. 12. Half Lengths from Life. 13. An Embroidered Fact. 14. Bitter Fruits from Chance Sown Seeds.

"Mrs. Kirkland has succeeded in giving us the most entertaining and faithful pictures and sketches of western life. The subject is a peculiarly rich and fresh one, and one fraught with deep interest to every American. All ought, therefore, to read these well written and entertaining stories, and thus obtain an insight into the manners, customs, and modes of living of our brethren in the great west,' better than it can be obtained by the usual prosiness of mere books of travels."-Emporium.

"Mrs. Kirkland here presents us with a rich collection of Stories, illustrating life in the Western Wilds. The sketches are strikingly original, and very attractive, the interest being always well sustained to the end."Golden Rule.

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"Mrs. Clavers' stories of the new country are well known, having been universally read a few years ago. She has given us a new work under the title of Western Clearings,' in which we have graphic sketches of the men and women, the life and times in the West, chiefly humorous, and sometimes irresistibly so."-N. Y. Observer.

"These tales are descriptive of western life and manners, and they are distinguished by the same spirit, humor, and fidelity to truth, which characterize Mrs. Kirkland's previous productions. Some of the contents of the volume have been heretofore published, but many of the stories are entirely new."-Boston Post.

"These sketches are all graphic, marked with spirit, and evince acute observation and great vivacity of description. The volume deserves to be read, and wherever read it cannot fail to be admired. Mrs. Kirkland is among the best and most popular female writers in this country; instead of continuing to glean from fields where she has already gathered a goodly harvest, we hope she will adventure into new regions where she could not be less welcome or less successful."-Courier.

"Mrs. C. M. Kirkland's Western Clearings,' is an admirable exposition of western life, and eminently deserves an extensive popularity."-U. S. Gazette.

"Who does not remember the New Home' of delightful Mrs. Clavers, and who that does, will not hail with pleasure a volume from the same author? It is a book to make one wish for evening when he can put on his slippers and surrender himself to quiet enjoyment "-Prov. Journal.

"Mrs. Kirkland is well known as the authoress of a very clever book. entitled A New Home, Who'll Follow,' published under the sobriquet of Mary Clavers. The peculiar excellences of that work, as furnishing spirited and agreeable descriptions of life in the West, equally characterize the present volume. It is a favorable specimen of a class of works calcu lated to be popular among those who can gain no knowledge of the interesting region of our country to which it relates, except from the published experience of those who have made trial of the peculiar trials, excitements, and dangers to which the emigrants are exposed.”—Protestant Churchman

XXXIV & XXXV.

LIFE OF THE GREAT CONDÉ.

By LORD MAHON. 2 parts, each 37 cents.

"The story of this great Prince, and of the stirring and important period in which he lived and acted, is beautifully and concisely told in these volumes, with a kindling admiration of the magnanimity, heroism, and manly principle of the subject, and a just appreciation of the religious and civil rights involved in the struggles of the times The style is eminently concise and pure, and pervaded with an interest surpassing table or romance. It is well worthy of its place in this series."-N. Y. Evangelist

"Nos 34 and 35 of this series present us for the first time a standard historical work, Lord Mahon's Life of Condé.' That such works should be demanded in a miscellany for popular reading is a sign that new intellectual wants are appearing in the community. We rejoice at such indications of a healthier appetite than will be content with reproductions of inferior fictions as the only popular reading. Lord Mahon's contributions to Eng. lish history are important and fittingly executed; his style is clear, his grasp strong, and his judgment fair. The period and events here treated of are such as to demand these qualifications."—N. Y. Churchman. "An intensely interesting work."-Tribune.

"These two volumes must be read with great interest They embrace a memorable epoch in the history of France, and introduce to the reader many remarkable personages taking prominence in the current of public events. Their principal charm, however, will be found in the chief subject, Louis, Prince of Condé, surnamed the Great, in the ample details, from a friendly pen, of his personal adventures and the easy insight given into his true character. It is, as it relates to history, a multum in parvo work."-Com. Advertiser.

"The Life of Condé is but another name for the history of one of the most important and instructive eras in French history, the close of the reign of Louis XIII. The period embraces great acts and great men and great women, and seems to be vividly portrayed in these memoirs. This edition is published simultaneously with the first appearance of the work in London, and in the elegant style of typography which distinguishes Messrs. Wiley & Putnam's from most others of the day."-New Bedford Mercury.

"This is a capital work. Condé was a great man, and participated so largely in all public affairs during a life which extended to sixty-five years, that his history is the history of his times. The work is well written by Lord Mahon, a very accomplished scholar and writer, whose name is a guaranty for its accuracy."-Cincin. Atlas.

"The work is deeply interesting, and a valuable contribution to historical literature.

"A valuable work. It was originally written in French by Lord Mahon, for private circulation, and is justly regarded with great favor by scholars and competent judges."-N. Y. Courier.

"This work is very ably and impartially written, and forms an interesting episode in the History of France. It is a charming work, and no one, we venture to say, will regret the time spent in its perusal.”—Mlustrated Magazine.