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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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