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 TO BE HAD AT ALL THE LIBRARIES

THE NEW NOVELS JUST PUBLISHED.

MELTON DE MOWBRAY; OR, THE BANKER'S SON.

Three Volumes.

"There is considerable power and a close observation of life manifested in this work. The description of London life in the brilliant age of Fox, Pitt, and Sheridan, (whose portraits are incidentally sketched by the author with a vigorous hand,) is remarkable for its fidelity and liveliness. It is an amusing and clever story."—Atlas.

"This is a well-drawn picture of life, and obviously from real personages and circumstances. Indeed, we recognise both, as must be the case with any one familiar with London for the last forty years. Bankers, men of fashion, fox and fortune-hunters, &c. &c., figure in the page, and the various turns in their fortunes and misfortunes furnish ample matter for the novelist, of which he has availed himself so as to excite considerable interest, and bring forth singular characters, as well as illustrate the conduct of worldlings in a striking manner."—Literary Gazette.

II.

CAPTAIN GLASSCOCK'S LAND SHARKS AND SEA GULLS.

Three Volumes.

With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.

"A work of first-rate merit, full of humour, and replete with incidents which show a general understanding of mankind."—John Bull.

"We heartily recommend this novel to our readers. It abounds in characteristic sketches, done, doubtless, from originals, with a dry and biting touch of satire."

III.

MRS. TROLLOPE'S ROMANCE OF VIENNA.

Three Volumes. Second Edition.

"Without doubt the best of Mrs. Trollope's novels."—Spectator.

"A cleverly written novel, full of lively and romantic scenes."—Athenæum.

IV.

MR. COOPER'S HOMEWARD BOUND.

Three Volumes. New Edition.

"Mr. Cooper has again pushed off into blue water, and is once again the hearty, vigorous man, 'roughing it' on the wild element which has been his nursing mother. 'Homeward Bound' is one of his capital sea-stories. The liveliness of its painting, and the interest it excites, place its author at the head of the fleet of fiction weavers."—Athenæum.

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.