ted in a way which we
think will place 'King Arthur' among the most remarkable works of
genius. It will be the delight of many future generations. It is one of
the most entrancing poems we have ever read; full of great and rare
ideas--conceived in the plenary spirit of all-believing romance--strange
and wonderful in incident--national through and through--a real plant of
this soil, so purely the tree of England's antiquity that we love it for
kind's sake."--_Morning Post._
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THE NEW TIMON:
A POETICAL ROMANCE.
FOURTH EDITION, 1 vol., post 8vo., 6s. bound.
"One of the most remarkable poems of the present generation."--_Sun._
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THE REV. R. MILMAN'S
LIFE OF TASSO.
2 vols., post 8vo., 21s. bound.
"The present work, from the touching interest of its subject, is likely
to be extensively read."--_Athenaeum._
"Mr. Milman's biography is a very good one. The work will find a place
in every library."--_Britannia._
"A most valuable addition to our literary treasures--fraught with deep
and thrilling interest."--_Morning Post._
"Mr. Milman's Memoir of Tasso is a work of considerable interest;
entering fully into the particulars of the great poet's life, and giving
a general review of his works."--_John Bull._
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MEMOIR AND CORRESPONDENCE
OF
SIR ROBERT MURRAY KEITH, K.B.,
_Minister Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Dresden, Copenhagen, and
Vienna, from 1769 to 1793; with_
Biographical Memoirs of Queen Caroline Matilda, Sister of George III.
EDITED BY MRS. GILLESPIE SMYTH.
2 vols., post 8vo., with Portraits, 25s. bound.
Sir Robert Murray Keith, it will be recollected, was one of the ablest
diplomatists of the last century, and held the post of Ambassador at the
Court of Copenhagen, when Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark, the
unfortunate sister of George III., was involved in the conspiracy of
Struensee, and was only saved from the severest punishment her
vindictive enemy the Queen Mother could inflict, by the spirited
interposition of the British Ambassador. Sir Robert Keith also for a
long period represented his Sovereign at the Courts of Dresden and
Vienna; and his papers, edited by a member of his family, throw
considerable light on the diplomatic history of the reign of George
III., besides conveying many curious particulars of the great men and
events of the per
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