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WILEY AND PUTNAM'S
LIBRARY OF CHOICE READING.
“BOOKS WHICH ARE BOOKS.”
List of the Volumes already Published.
| No. 1.—EOTHEN; OR, TRACES OF TRAVEL IN THE EAST. | 0 50 |
“The picked book of the season.”
—Newark Advertiser.
“Full to overflowing of fine sense.”
—Examiner.
“One of the cleverest books ever written.”
—N. Y. Post.
| 2.—MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH. | 0 37 |
“A beautiful fiction worthy of De Foe.”
—Quarterly Review.
“The most remarkable production of the day.”
—Cin. Chron.
“Not even surpassed by the `Vicar of Wakefield.”'
—Dem. Rev.
| 3.—UNDINE AND SINTRAM, BY FOUQUE. | 0 50 |
“The rarest essence of romantic genius.”
—Dem. Review.
“Full of depth of thought and poetic feeling.”
—Macintosh.
“This charming tale cannot be too widely read.”
—Newark Adv.
| 4.—LEIGH HUNT'S IMAGINATION AND FANCY. | 0 50 |
“Beautifully, earnestly, eloquently written.”
—Westmin. Rev.
“Justly called a feast of nectared sweets.”
—Examiner.
“A delicious volume of illustrative criticisms.”
—Art Union.
| 5.—DIARY OF LADY WILLOUGHBY. | 0 25 |
“Though a fiction of profound religious interest.”
—Church.
“A beautiful, affecting, and instructive record.”
—Athenæum.
“It is a true heart-book which all must admire.”
—Willis.
| 6, 9.—HAZLITT'S TABLE TALK, 2 PARTS. | 0 75 |
“He never wrote one dull nor frigid line.”
—Edinb. Review.
“They display much originality and genius.”
—Ency. Britan.
“A work to be read over again and again.”
—London News.
| 7.—HEADLONG HALL AND NIGHT-MARE ABBEY. | 0 38 |
“This is a very witty and amusing book.”
—New World.
“It has points of great excellence and attraction.”
—Lit. Gaz.
“Lively and piquant satirical sketches.”
—Courier.
| 8.—THE FRENCH IN ALGIERS. | 0 37 |
“Full of stirring incidents and anecdotes.”
—Dem. Review.
“Quite refreshing to read about the Bedouins.”
—Tribune.
“Contains a great deal of curious matter.”
—Com. Advertiser.
| 10.—TALES FROM THE GESTA ROMANORUM. | 0 38 |
“It will we anticipate be very popular.”
—Athenæum.
“Contains the interest of the Arabian Nights.”
—Dem. Rev.
“We promise the reader will be well rewarded.”
—Evangelist.
| 11, 12.—THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS, 2 PARTS. | 1 00 |
“This book is a vastly superior one.”
—Spectator.
“A truly delightful work from first to last.”
—U. S. Magazine.
“No volumes furnish purer entertainment.”
—Courier.
| 13.—HAZLITT'S ACE OF ELIZABETH. | 0 50 |
“Full of originality and sparkling genius.”
—N. Y. Post.
“Best books of criticisms in our language.”
—Bulwer.
“Could not recommend a more delightful work.”
—Tribune.
| 14, 20.—LEIGH HUNT'S INDICATOR, 2 PARTS, each. | 0 50 |
“Nothing could be more happily executed.”
—Hazlitt.
“Truly, a most agreeable miscellany.”
—Times.
“Full of fine perception of truth and beauty.”
—Gazette.
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