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      224 The 3j Eadeb. [No. 464, February 12,...

      224 THE 3 j EADEB . [ No . 464 , February 12 , 1859 .

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      MURRAY'S EDITIONS FOR THE PEOPLE . On February 2 & it il Illustrated with Pprtrai $ s , _ Part I . . ( to be published Monthly , and completed in 10 Parts ) , 8 vo , Is . each , ¦ ¦ • ' . ¦ " ¦ ' BOSWEUL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON ; including theTOUR to the HEBRIDES . With Con ^ ibutions from lord Stowell , Sir W . Scott , Disraeli the Elder : Sir James Mackintosh , & c . Edited with TSotes by the Right Hon . JOHN WILSON 0 BOKER , LL-D . The Quarterly Jtevieiv , January , 1859 . —" Mr . Croker s Notes , which combine the gleanings from the numerous other memorials of Johnson , are often quite as _ yaluable as the text . If his edition were published in parts , it might find its way to a class who are as yet ignorant of the most entertaining and instructive book in the language . Crolcer ' s Boswell . — " The excellence of Mr . Croker ' s Notes . "—North American Review . ....... „ * ( Trotter ' s Boswell . — ' The notes are brief , judicious * and accurate . "—Athenasum . , „ ' . ¦ „»„ Crolcer ' s Boswell . —" This great monument of Johnsons genius and wisdom has never appeared in so compact a Sh ^ oiiPf ^ oS . - " Posterity will , owe ™ chjo Mr . Croker for the industry and ability which he has displayed . H ^ S- */ Boswell . —" With the industrious researches and sagacious criticisms of Mr . Croker , we may safely . pronouncethis as the best edition of an English book that has appeared in our time ?'^ -Quarterly Review . broker ' s Boswell .- " The interesting illustrations with which Mr . Croker has enriched BosweU ' s work . "—Literary Gazette . Now ready , illustrated with Portrait and Engravings , Part I . ( to be continued monthly , and completed in 9 parts ) , ^' His ^ PEOPLB'S BYRON ; THE POETICAL "WORKS COMPLETE . Collected and _ arranged , with Notes by lord Jeffrey , Bishop Heber , Professor Wilson , Moore , Giffotd , Orabbe , Lockhart , & c . the Alhenaum , May , 1858 . - " Eight years have yet ' to run before the Copyright of Byron ' s Poems expires , and those who now buy an edition of Byron ' s works published without the sanction of Mr . Murray , buy an zmperfectboo / c . John MTJBHA . -T , Albemarle-street . A . And to be obtained of all Booksellers and News Agents .

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      THE QUARTERLY REVIEW , No . CCIX ., is Published THIS DAY . CONTENTS : . . I . The Cornwallis Papers . II . Shakspeare . III . The Consular Service . IV . Pius VIII . and GhegokyXVI . V . Patents . VI . The Soldier ' s Lodging , Food , and Dress . VII . Bread . . - VIII . Life and Writings of Johnson . IX . Reform . John Murray , Albemarlerstreet . .

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      In Sixpenny Tortnightty Parts , , BOSWELL ' S LIFE OF JOHNSON . Illustrated with 250 Engravings ; Portraits , Viewa , and Characters . To be completed in Twenty Sixpenny Parts . Also , imiform , HALF-HOURS WITH THE BEST AUTHORS . Selected . and Edited , with short Biographical and Critical Notices , by CHARLES KNIGHT . Illustrated with Portraits and Fifty-two Engravings by Harvey . Will bo completed in Twenty-two Numbers . Part I . of each work will bo ready for delivery on February 2 Sth . London ; RQOTiiBPajni , ^ Vabnb ^ , and . Routxedo-e , Faryingdon-atreet . .

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      Now ready , prico 3 a ., GERALD MASSHY'S WEW POEMS . ROBERT BURNS : a Centenary Song . And other Lyrics . London : W . Kent and Oo . ( late D . Boguo ) , 80 , Floototreot } Edinburgh « Awpbbw Bvliot , Prlncos-Btroet .

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      Just published in 9 vo , prjoo 0 s ., THE ESSENTIALS OF PHILOSOPHY ; Wherein Its Constituent Frjiidples are traced throuahout tho various Departments of Sotonoo . By Roy . GEORGB JAMAISON , M * A ., ono of the Minlstors of Old Maohob . A work of considerable boldness and originality of thovBht , The awthor has done much . The suro-fpptqdnoss of hi ? philoBophy . over schooling itself in faota . and proooodjlns with oawtJous stops from tHo kpown to the unknown ! tho tonaelty of his faltli in tho universality of the groat laws by whioh Gad governs fcho wprlcl * as tlio basis of nU BoloncQ , and tho ovolution Mid application of u » dootrlno of causality , furnjsh ndmlya-blo oxami ) loa of imltivtlpn . Tho grandeur of hia Konorallaation , and tno aaunploss oourngo and success of his attaolKs . will compel attontlon to his hooK . "—North British Review . XDdlnburghi T . and T . Cx-a . hr | London ; Hamiiton and Oo .

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      ALLIBONE'S DICTIONARY OF AUTHORS . A CRITICAL DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AUTHORS , living and deceased : from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century . Containing Thirty Thousand Biographies and Literary Notices ; with Forty Indexes of Subjects . By S . AUSTIN ALLIBONE . Vol . I ., pp . 1005 ( comprising letters A to J ) , imperial 8 vo , price 24 s . The Critical Dictionary is intended to be to the Literature of the Language what a Dictionary of Words is to the Language itself . The second volume , which will complete the work . now more than one-half stereotyped . Teubnee and Co ., 60 , Paternoster-row , London .

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      ENGLISH PHILOLOGY . MESSRS . TRtTBNER AND CO ., 60 , Paternoster-row , have the following IMPORTANT WORKS in the Press :- » -. BARTLETT . —A DICTIONARY OF AMERICANISMS . A Glossary of Words and Phrases colloquially used in the United States : By JOHN RUSSELL BARTLETT . Second Edition , considerably enlarged and improved- In one volume , 8 vo . ' COLERIDGE . —A GLOSSARIAL INDEX OF THE PRINTED ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY . By HERBERT COLERIDGEj Esq ., of Lincoln ' s Inn , Barrister-at ^ Law . In one volume , 8 vo . PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S NEW DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE . In 4 to-Parts , 5 s . each . . . * * * . An Octavo Pamphlet of 32 papres , entitled " Proposals for the "Publication of a New English Dictionary by the Philological Society , " detailing the Plan , & c . is now published , and will be sent post free on receipt of six stamps . WEDGWOOD ;—A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ETYMOLOGY . By HENSLEIGH WEDGWOODi Esq . Vol . I . 8 vo . Trubneb and Co ., 60 , Paternoster-row , London .

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      Shortly will be published , in one vol . crown 8 vo , of about 4 . 00 pages , MEMOIRS OF THE EMPRESS CATHERINE II , OF RUSSIA . Written by herself , and Edited with a Preface by ALEXA . NDER IIERZEN . Translated from tho French . " That thoso extraordinary memoirs arc gonuino wo soo no reason to doubt . "—Thnas , Jan . 7 . TrUbnee and Co .,. 00 , Patornoster-row . "

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      NEW , GENERAL ATLAS . On 1 st Maroh will bo publishod , Part I ., KEITH JOHNStpN'S ROYAL ATLAS pi ? MODERN GEOGRAPHY : Exhibiting , in a Series of entirely Original and Autlioiillo Maps , the Prosont Condition of GpoKrftphioal ^» w ^ l *»« Reaoaroh in tljo eovoral Countries , Empires , and btatos or th'o World . ' ' With a Spooial Index to each Map . By ALEX . KEITH JOHNSTON , » . n . s ; n ., u . o . s .. & o ., GooRrnphor to tho Quoon for Scotland ) Author oi iuo "PljyHioftl Atlas , " & e . . Tho Work , onKvnvod in tho ( lnoali slylo . and l 1 ' ; , ''} ' ^ . " !}" oolourqU with all tlio advuiUawos of inodopii ' » " ¦ Hl " !; will form , whem nniHligrj , n hamlsonio porUiblo v ' , ' " ; T ; , ' foldod , 20 inohoH by liJi IuoIki * . It will bo l «» in' ( l in u » Parta , prlco Uulf-a-Gufnoa oauh . Part 1 . will ( jontaln — 3 MAf ANU IN 1 > UX QV KUANOI 3 . .... NOIIHI ITAI . V . , ( SOUTH ITALY . SWH'SCiaiU-ANO . GKISKGIO . WiLMAM BtACKAVOOP and Sons , Edinburgh nml Lomloji ;

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 12, 1859, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12021859/page/32/