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“We have been highly pleased with this little volume. This work supplies a
want which we have often painfully felt, and affords a manual which we should
gladly see placed in the hands of every embryo under-graduate. We look forward
to the next portion of this work with very eager and impatient expectation.”

“Mr. Coleridge's work not only deserves the praise of clear, eloquent and
scholar-like exposition of the preliminary matter, which is necessary in order to
understand and enter into the character of the great Poet of antiquity; but it
has likewise the more rare merit of being admirably adapted for its acknowledged
purpose. It is written in that fresh and ardent spirit, which to the congenial
mind of youth, will convey instruction in the most effective manner, by
awakening the desire of it; and by enlisting the lively and buoyant feelings in
the cause of useful and improving study; while, by its pregnant brevity, it is
more likely to stimulate than to supersede more profound and extensive research.
If then, as it is avowedly intended for the use of the younger readers of Homer,
and, as it is impossible not to discover, with a more particular view to the great
school to which the author owes his education, we shall be much mistaken if it
does not become as popular as it will be useful in that celebrated establishment.”

“We sincerely hope that Mr. Coleridge will favor us with a continuation of
this work, which he promises.

“The author of this elegant volume has collected a vast mass of valuable information.
To the higher classes of the public schools, and young men of universities,
this volume will be especially valuable; as it will afford an agreeable
relief of light reading to more grave studies, at once instructive and entertaining.”

“I have used Butler's Atlas Classica for 12 or 14 years, and prefer it on the
score of convenience and correctness to any atlas within the compass of my
knowledge. It is evidently a work of much care and taste, and most happily
adapted to classical readers and indeed all others, who consult the history of past
ages. I have long cherished a strong desire to see the work brought forward in
this country, and I am exceedingly gratified that you have carried through this
undertaking. The beautiful manner in which the specimen is executed that you
have sent me does great credit to engravers and publishers. It cannot be that
our schools and colleges will fail to adopt this work, and bring it into very general
circulation. I know of none which in all respects would supply its place.”

“The abridged but classical and excellent work of Butler, on Ancient Geography,
which you are printing as an accompaniment to the maps, I consider one
of the most attractive works of the kind, especially for young persons studying
the classics, that has come under my notice. I wish you the most ample success
in these highly useful publications.”