uced a very curious, amusing, and instructive
book, curious in its originality and illustrations, amusing in the
comparisons and analyses, and instructive because it contains very
much useful information on a too much neglected subject. It will be
eagerly read and quickly appreciated."--_National AEgis._

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intelligent observation, and ingenuity."--_Daily Union._

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_MOORE'S LIFE OF SHERIDAN._

Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by THOMAS
MOORE, with Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Two vols., 12mo, cloth,
$2.00.

"One of the most brilliant biographies in English literature. It is
the life of a wit written by a wit, and few of Tom Moore's most
sparkling poems are more brilliant and fascinating than this
biography."--_Boston Transcript._

"This is at once a most valuable biography of the most celebrated
wit of the times, and one of the most entertaining works of its
gifted author."--_Springfield Republican._

"The Life of Sheridan, the wit, contains as much food for serious
thought as the best sermon that was ever penned."--_Arthur's Home
Gazette._

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hand as Moore's, can never cease to be attractive."--_N. Y. Courier
and Enquirer._

"The work is instructive and full of interest."--_Christian
Intelligencer._

"It is a gem of biography; full of incident, elegantly written,
warmly appreciative, and on the whole candid and just. Sheridan was
a rare and wonderful genius, and has in this work justice done to
his surpassing merits."--_N. Y. Evangelist._

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