LATE PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW, PATERNOSTER ROW, MANCHESTER:-ANDERSON AND SON. 1855. ADVERTISEMENT. IN giving to the public an edition of these Lectures, it is proper to state, that no abridgment of any portion of the Author's remarks has been made, but the extracts cited from English authors, which are sometimes given at length in the American edition, are in the case of some authors here abridged, in recognition of their rights, and from the general publicity of their writings not requiring such full citations. It is hoped that this volume may assist in the choice of books for recreation and study, and introduce many readers of it to the companionship of authors to whom they were before strangers. |