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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 CRESENT 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 AGE 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.