Page:Poems Welby.djvu/214



SOUTHEY.—THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS

Of Robert Southey, Esq., LL. D. The ten volume London edition, in one elegant volume, royal 8vo. Illustrated with a Portrait and several fine Steel Engravings.

This edition, which the author has arranged and revised with the same care as if it were intended for posthumous publication, includes many pieces which either have never before been collected, or have hitherto remained unpublished.

Preliminary notices are affixed to the long poems, the whole of the notes retained, and such additional ones incorporated as the author, since the first publication, has seen occasion to insert.

Contents.—Joan of Arc, Juvenile and Minor Poems, Thalaba the Destroyer, Madoc, Ballads and Metrical Tales, The Curse of Kehama, Roderick the last of the Goths, The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo, Lay of the Laureate, Vision of Judgment, &c.

"At the age of sixty-three I have undertaken to collect and edit my poetical works, with the last corrections that I can expect to bestow upon them. They have obtained a reputation equal to my wishes. Thus to collect and revise them is a duty which I owe to that part of the public by whom they have been auspiciously received, and to those who will take a lively concern in my good name when I shall have departed."—Extract from Author's Preface.

"The beauties of Mr. Southey's poetry are such, that this edition can hardly fail to find a place in the library of every man fond of elegant literature."—Eclectic Review,

THOUGHTS IN PAST YEARS:

A collection of Poetry, chiefly Devotional, by the author of "The Cathedral." One volume, 16mo., elegantly printed, $1,25.

TASSO.—THE JERUSALEM DELIVERED,

Of ToRQUATO Tasso. Translated into English Spenserian verse, with a Life of the Author, by J. H. Wiffen. Two volumes of the last London edition, reprinted in one elegant 16mo. volume, illustrated with a finely-engraved Portrait and several beautiful Steel Engravings.

"This elegant Poem abounds with all the pleasing description of tender scenes, the animated representation of battles, and the majestic flow of language, which so much captivate and overpower the reader in the pages of Homer and Virgil.

"Mr. Wiffen's version has long since been conceded to be the best evergiven of the great Poet; he catches and portrays the spirit of the author with a feeling the most kindred and congenial."

TOKEN OF AFFECTION.

One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth, gilt leaves, 31 cents.

TOKEN OF FRIENDSHIP.

One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth, gilt leaves, 31 cents.

TOKEN OF LOVE.

One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth, gilt leaves, 31 cents.

TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE.

One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth, gilt leaves, 31 cents.

TOKEN OF THE HEART.

One volume, 32mo., frontispiece, cloth, gilt leaves, 31 cents. Forming a portion of the series of "Miniature Classical Library."

"Each volume consists of nearly one hundred appropriate extracts from the best Poetical writers of England and America.

YOUNG.—NIGHT THOUGHTS.

The Complaint, or Night Thoughts. By Edward Young, D.D. Miniature size volume, elegantly printed, 33 cents. Forming a portion of the series of "Miniature Classic Library."

"In his 'Night Thoughts,' Young exhibits entire originality of style, elevation of sentiment, grandeur of diction, and beauty of imagery, accompanied with an extensive knowledge of men and things, and a profound acquaintance with the feelings of the human heart"—Monthly Magazine.