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 English Reprints. 4 - Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. An Apology for Poetry. [? 1580.] An Apologie for Poeirie. Written by the right noble, vertu - ous, and learned Sir Ppiilip Sidney, Knight 1595. H. W. Longfellow. The defence of Poetry is a work of rare merit. It is a golden little volume, which the scholar may lay beneath his pillow, as Chrysostom did the works of Aristophanes. — North American Review, p. 57. January 1832. The Work thus divides itself: The Etymology of Poetry. The A naiomyofthe Effect s of Poetry. The Anatomy of the Parts of Poetry. Objections to Poetry an- swered. Criticism of the existing English Poetry. 5 - EDWARD WEBBE. A Chief Master Gunner. Travels. 1590. The rare and most wonderful thinges which Edward Webbe an English- man borne, hath seene and passed in his troublesome trauailes , in the Citties of Jer- usalem, Damasko, Be- thelem and Galely : and in all the landes of Iewrie, Egipt , Grecia, Russia, and in the Land of Prester John. Wherein is set foorth his extreame slauerie sustained many yeres togither, in the Gallies and wars of the great Turk against the Landes of Persia, Tar- taria, Spaine, and Portugall, with the manner of his release- ment and coming to England. [1590.] I I 6. JOHN SELDEN. Table Talk. [1634-1654.] Table Talk : being the Discourses of J ohn Selden, Esq. ; or his Sence of various Mat- ters of weight and high consequence, relating especially to Religion and State. 1689. S. T. Coleridge. There is more weighty bullion sense in this book than I ever found in the same number of pages of any uninspired writer. . . . 0 1 to have been with Selden over his glass of wine, making every accident an outlet and a vehicle of wisdom. — Literary Remains, iii. 361-2. Ed. 1836. H. Hallam. This very short and small volume gives, perhaps, a more exalted notion of Selden’s natural talents than any of his learned writ- ings. — Introduction to the Literature of Europe, iii. 347. Ed. 1836. Above all things, Liberty !