"BOOKS THAT YOU MAY CARRY TO THE FIRE, AND HOLD READILY IN YOUR HAND, ARE THE MOST USEFUL AFTER ALL. A MAN WILL OFTEN LOOK AT THEM, AND BE TEMPTED TO GO ON, WHEN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN FRIGHTENED AT BOOKS OF A LARGER SIZE, AND OF A MORE ERUDITE APPEARANCE."-Dr. Johnson. "Mr. Murray's Library...... A very excellent and always entertaining Miscellany."-Edinburgh Review, No. 103. "Mr. Murray's FAMILY LIBRARY......A title which, from the valuable and entertaining matter the collection contains, as well as from the careful style of its execution, it well deserves. No family, indeed, in which there are children to be brought up, ought to be without this Library, as it furnishes the readiest resources for that education which ought to accompany or succeed that of the boarding-school or the academy, and is infinitely more conducive than either to the cultivation of the intellect."-Monthly Review, Feb. 1831. "La collection que fait paraître M. Murray, sous le titre de Bibliothêque de Famille, devient de jour en jour plus populaire, et justifie pleinement son succès, par le choix des sujets, les noms des auteurs, et la foule de documens curieux, de faits ignorés, de remarques neuves que rassemblent les volumes déjà publiés.”— Revue Encyclopédique. "Eine vortreffliche Sammlung von Volksbüchern.”—Morgenblatt. This day is published, illustrated with Maps and Engravings, THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. LIST OF THE VOLUMES OF THE FAMILY LIBRARY Published since its Commencement in APRIL, 1829, Price 58. each, profusely Illustrated, and neatly bound in Canvass. Nos. I. and II. The LIFE of NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE. With Fifteen Engravings on Steel and Wood, by FINDEN and THOMPSON; the Woodcuts from Designs of GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. 2 vols. No. III. The LIFE of ALEXANDER the GREAT. Nos. IV. X. XIII. and XIX. The LIVES of the most Eminent BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, and ARCHITECTS. Vols. I. II. III. and IV. 2 MR. MURRAY'S LIST. FAMILY LIBRARY-continued. Nos. V. VI. and IX. The HISTORY of the JEWS. No. VII. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS. No. VIII. The COURT and CAMP of BUONAPARTE. No. XI. The LIFE and VOYAGES of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. By WASHINGTON IRVING. Abridged by him from his larger Work. Complete in 1 Vol. No. XII. The LIFE of NELSON. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D. POET LAUREATE, &c. Complete in 1 vol. Embellished with numerous Woodcuts from Designs by GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, engraved by THOMPSON and WILLIAMS. No. XIV. LIVES of EMINENT BRITISH PHYSICIANS. No. XV. The HISTORY of BRITISH INDIA. Vol. I. With a Map, and Six Engravings. No. XVI. LETTERS on DEMONOLOGY and WITCHCRAFT. No. XVII. LIFE of BRUCE, the AFRICAN TRAVELLER. By Major F. B. HEAD, Author of ROUGH NOTES taken during some rapid Journeys across the PAMPAS and among the ANDES. No. XVIII. VOYAGES and DISCOVERIES of the COMPANIONS of COLUMBUS. By WASHINGTON IRVING. One Vol. with Illustrations. No. XX. SKETCHES from VENETIAN HISTORY. Vol. I. MR. MURRAY'S LIST. 3 Lately published, with a Portrait, 5s. each Vol. THE FAMILY LIBRARY, DRAMATIC SERIES, Nos. I. II. & III. BEING THE WORKS OF PHILIP MASSINGER, ILLUSTRATED WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES; AND ADAPTED TO FAMILY READING, BY THE OMISSION OF EXCEPTIONABLE PASSAGES. "THE works of our elder dramatists, as hitherto edited, are wholly unfit to be placed in the hands of young persons, or of females of any ages, or even to be thought of for a moment as furniture for the drawing-room table, and the parlourwindow, or to form the solace of a family circle at the fireside. What lady will ever confess that she has read and understood Massinger, or Ford, or even Beaumont and Fletcher? There is hardly a single piece in any of those authors which does not contain more abominable passages than the very worst of modern panders would ever dream of hazarding in print-and there are whole plays in Ford, and in Beaumont and Fletcher, the very essence and substance of which is, from beginning to end, one mass of pollution. The works, therefore, of these immortal men have hitherto been library, not drawing-room books;-and we have not a doubt, that, down to this moment, they have been carefully excluded, in toto, from the vast majority of those English houses in which their divine poetry, if stript of its deforming accompaniments, would have been ministering the most effectually to the instruction and delight of our countrymen, and, above all, of our fair countrywomen. "We welcome, therefore, the appearance of the first number of the Dramatic Series of the Family Library with no ordinary feelings of satisfaction. We are now sure that, ere many months elapse, the productions of those distinguished bards— all of them that is worthy of their genius, their taste, and the acceptation of a moral and refined people-will be placed within reach of every circle from which their very names have hitherto been sufficient to exclude them, in a shape such as must command confidence, and richly reward it. The text will be presented pure and correct, wherever it is fit to be presented at all-every word and passage offensive to the modest ear will be omitted; and means adopted, through the notes, of preserving the sense and story entire, in spite of these necessary erasures. this were all, it would be a great deal-but the editors undertake much more. They will furnish, in their preliminary notices, and in their notes, clear accounts of the origin, structure, and object of every piece, and the substance of all that sound criticism has brought to their illustration, divested, however, of the personal squabbles and controversies which so heavily and offensively load the bottoms of the pages in the best existing editions of our dramatic worthies. Lives of the authors will be given; and if they be all drawn up with the skill and elegance which mark the Life of Massinger, in the first volume, these alone will form a standard addition to our biographical literature.”—Literary Gazette. If 4 MR. MURRAY'S LIST. FAMILY LIBRARY-DRAMATIC SERIES. THE WORKS OF FORD Are in preparation, and will appear shortly, carefully edited, in 2 volumes. -0 POPULAR ENGLISH SPECIMENS OF THE GREEK DRAMATIC POETS. VOL. I.-ESCHYLUS. Illustrated with Thirteen Engravings on Steel from the Splendid THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. By ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D. &c. &c. &c. The Embellishments of this Work consist of a Series of large Vignettes, engraved on Wood by the first Artists, from original Designs by Mr. Harvey; a fine Portrait of the Author, and Two principal Designs of The Valley of the Shadow of Death and of the Celestial City, painted by JOHN MARTIN, Esq. Demy 8vo. 11. 1s. or royal 8vo. (proof plates) 21. 28. bds. "We must not omit to mention, that this edition of the Pilgrim's Progress is adorned with a great variety of woodcuts, designed and executed with singular felicity, and with some highly-finished engravings after the rich and imaginative pencil of John Martin. Thus decorated, and recommended by the taste and criticism of Mr. Southey, it might seem certain that the established favourite of the common people should be well received among the upper classes."-Quarterly Review. "The book that engaged Davy's earliest attention was 'The Pilgrim's Progress,' a production well calculated, from the exuberance of its invention, and the rich colouring of its fancy, for seizing upon the ardent imagination of youth. This pleasing work, it will be remembered, was the early and especial favourite of Dr. Franklin, who never alluded to it but with feelings of the most lively delight."-Paris's Life of Davy. 66 STATE OF SOCIETY IN POLAND." This day is published, post 8vo. 8s. 6d. LEVI and SARAH; or the JEWISH LOVERS. A Tale of the Polish Jews. By JULIUS URSINUS NIEMCEWICZ. "There is much just, and even forcible description of the manners, habits, peculiarities, &c. of the Polish Jews in this love-tale. The story is introduced with a brief and highly interesting memoir of the author, who was a bosom friend of the immortal patriot, Kosciusko, and now lives in honourable retirement at Warsaw."-Sun. "The English public are much indebted to the translator for making them acquainted with such an author and such a work."-Scot's Times. MR. MURRAY'S LIST. 5 INTRODUCTIONS ΤΟ THE STUDY OF THE GREEK CLASSIC POETS, for the Use of Young Persons at School or College. CONTENTS OF PART I. 1. General Introduction.-2. Homeric Questions.-3. Life of Homer.-4. Iliad.5. Odyssey.-6. Margites.-7. Batrachomyomachia.-8. Hymns.-9. Hesiod. By HENRY NELSON COLERIDGE. Post 8vo. 68. 6d. "We have been highly pleased with this little volume. This work supplies a want which we have often painfully felt, and affords a manual which we should gladly see placed in the hands of every embryo under-graduate. We look forward to the next portion of this work, with very eager and impatient expectation.”— British Critic. "Mr. Coleridge's work not only deserves the praise of a clear, eloquent, and scholarlike exposition of the preliminary matter, which is necessary in order to understand and enter into the character of the great Poet of antiquity, but it has likewise the more rare merit of being admirably adapted for its acknowledged purpose. It is written in that fresh and ardent spirit, which, to the congenial mind of youth, will convey instruction in the most effective manner, by awakening the desire of it; and by enlisting the lively and buoyant feelings in the cause of useful and improving study; while, by its pregnant brevity, it is more likely to stimulate than to supersede more profound and extensive research. If then, as it is avowedly intended for the use of the younger readers of Homer, and, as it is impossible not to discover, with a more particular view to the great school to which the author owes his education, we shall be much mistaken if it does not become as popular as it will be useful in that celebrated establishment."-Quarterly Review. "Mr. Coleridge has done himself infinite credit by this little volume, which displays striking proofs of judgment, learning, and good taste. It is designed for the use of young persons at school or college; though, in truth, it may be used with advantage by persons of all ages. The present volume is only the first of a series intended to be put forth from time to time.”—Sun. "The Author of this elegant volume has collected a vast mass of valuable information. To the higher classes of the public schools, and young men of Universities, this volume will be especially valuable, as it will afford an agreeable relief of light reading to more grave studies, at once instructive and entertaining." -Wesleyan Methodist Mag. Dec. 1830. In 8vo. 128. CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON ON RELIGION, held in CEPHALONIA, a short time previous to his Lordship's Death. By the late JAMES KENNEDY, M.D. of H. B. M. Medical Staff. "We leave these volumes, premising that there is matter for the most serious meditation in their contents."-Literary Gazette. "A curious and interesting volume."-Court Journal. |