communings with beings of a purer world."
MILTON, YOUNG, GRAY, BEATTIE, AND COLLINS'S POETICAL WORKS.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, OCTAVO.
WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.
COWPER AND THOMSON'S PROSE AND POETICAL WORKS.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, OCTAVO.
Including two hundred and fifty Letters, and sundry Poems of Cowper, never
before published in this country; and of Thomson a new and interesting
Memoir, and upwards of twenty new Poems, for the first time printed from
his own Manuscripts, taken from a late Edition of the Aldine Poets, now
publishing in London.
WITH SEVEN BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.
The distinguished Professor Silliman, speaking of this edition, observes:
"I am as much gratified by the elegance and fine taste of your edition, as
by the noble tribute of genius and moral excellence which these delightful
authors have left for all future generations; and Cowper, especially, is
not less conspicuous as a true Christian, moralist and teacher, than as a
poet of great power and exquisite taste."
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROGERS, CAMPBELL, MONTGOMERY, LAMB, AND KIRKE WHITE.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, OCTAVO.
WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.
The beauty, correctness, and convenience of this favourite edition of these
standard authors are so well known, that it is scarcely necessary to add a
word in its favour. It is only necessary to say, that the publishers have
now issued an illustrated edition, which greatly enhances its former value.
The engravings are excellent and well selected. It is the best library
edition extant.
CRABBE, HEBER, AND POLLOK'S POETICAL WORKS.
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, OCTAVO.
WITH SIX BEAUTIFUL ENGRAVINGS.
A writer in the Boston Traveller holds the following language with
reference to these valuable editions:--
"Mr. Editor:--I wish, without any idea of puffing, to say a word or two
upon the 'Library of English Poets' that is now published at Philadelphia,
by Lippincott, Grambo & Co. It is certainly, taking into consideration the
elegant manner in which it is printed, and the reasonable price at which it
is afforded to purchasers, the best edition of the modern British Poets
that has ever been published in this country. Each volume is an octavo of
about 500 pages, double columns, stereotyped, and accompanied with fine
engravings and biographical sketches; and most of them are reprinted from
Galignani's French edition. As to its valu
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