SCOTT, COOPER, AND WASHINGTON IRVING.
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT.
COUNT ROBERT OF PARIS, a Tale of
the Lower Empire. By the Author of Waverley.
In 3 vols.
"The reader will at once perceive that the subject,
the characters and the scenes of action, could not have
been better selected for the display of the various and unequalled
powers of the author. All that is glorious in arts
and splendid in arms—the glitter of armor, the pomp of
war, and the splendor of chivalry—the gorgeous scenery
of the Bosphorus—the ruins of Byzantrum—the magnificance
of the Grecian capital, and the richness and volupousness
of the imperial court, will rise before the reader
in a succession of beautiful and dazzling images."—Commercial
Advertiser.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SIR WALTER
SCOTT. With a Portrait.
"This is a delightful volume, which cannot fail to satisfy
every reader, and of which the contents ought to be
known to all those who would be deemed conversant with
the literature of our era."—National Gazette.
HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. In 2 vols.
"The History of Scotland, by Sir Walter Scott, we do
not hesitate to declare, will be, if possible, more extensively
read, than the most popular work of fiction, by the
same prolific author, and for this obvious reason: it combines
much of the brilliant coloring of the Ivanhoe pictures
of by-gone manners, and all the graceful facility of
style and picturesqueness of description of his other
charming romances, with a minute fidelity to the facts
of history, and a searching scrutiny into their authenticity
and relative value, which might put to the blush
Mr. Hume and other professed historians. Such is the
magic charm of Sir Walter Scott's pen, it has only to
touch the simplest, incident of every-day life, and it starts
up invested with all the interest of a scene of romance;
and yet such is his fidelity to the text of nature, that the
knights, and serfs, and collared fools with whom his inventive
genius has peopled so many volumes, are regarded
by us as not mere creations of fancy, but as real flesh and
blood existences, with all the virtues, feelings and errors
of common-place humanity."—Lit. Gazette.
TALES OF A GRANDFATHER, being a
series from French History. By the Author
of Waverley.
BY MR. COOPER.
THE BRAVO. By the Author of the Spy,
Pilot, &c. In 2 vols.
The WATER-WITCH, or the SKIMMER
of the SEAS. In 2 vols.
THE HEADSMAN, OR THE ABBEYE DES
VIGNERONS. 2 vols. 12mo.
THE HEIDENMAUER; or, The Benedictines.
2 vols.
New Editions of the following Works by the
same Author.
NOTIONS OF THE AMERICANS, by a
Travelling Bachelor, 2 vols. 12mo.
The WEPT OF WISH-TON-WISH, 2 vols.
12mo.
The RED ROVER, 2 vols. 12mo.
The SPY, 2 vols. 12mo.
The PIONEERS, 2 vols. 12mo.
The PILOT, a Tale of the Sea, 2 vols. 12mo.
LIONEL LINCOLN, OR THE LEAGUER OF
BOSTON, 2 vols.
The LAST of the MOHICANS, 2 vols.
12mo.
The PRAIRIE, 2 vols. 12mo.
BY WASHINGTON IRVING.
VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF THE
COMPANIONS OF COLUMBUS. By
Washington Irving, Author of the Life
of Columbus, &c. 1 vol. 8vo.
"Of the main work we may repeat that it possesses
the value of important history and the magnetism of romantic
adventure. It sustains in every respect the reputation
of Irving." "We may hope that the gifted author
will treat in like manner the enterprises and exploits of
Pizairo and Cortes, and thus complete a series of elegant
recitals, which will contribute to the especial gratification
of Americans, and form an imperishable fund of
delightful instruction for all ages and countries."—Nat.
Gazette.
"As he leads us from one savage tribe to another, as
he paints successive scenes of heroism, perseverance and
self denial, as he wanders among the magnificent scenes
of nature, as he relates with scrupulous fidelity the
errors, and the crimes, even of those whose lives are for
the most part marked with traits to command admiration,
and perhaps esteem—everywhere we find him the
same undeviating, but beautiful moralist, gathering from
every incident some lesson to present in striking language
to the reason and the heart."—Am. Quarterly Review.
"This is a delightful volume, for the preface truly says
that the expeditions narrated and springing out of the
voyages of Columbus may be compared with attempts of
adventurous knights-errant to achieve the enterprise left
unfinished by some illustrious predecessors. Washington
Irving's name is a pledge how well their stories will be
told: and we only regret that we must of necessity defer
our extracts for a week."—London Lit. Gazette.
A CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF
GRENADA. By Washington Irving,
Esq. In 2 vols.
"On the whole, this work will sustain the high fame
of Washington Irving. It fills a blank in the historical
library which ought not to have remained so long a
blank. The language throughout is at once chaste and
animated; and the narrative may be said, like Spenser's
Fairy Queen, to present one long gallery of splendid pictures."—Lond.
Lit. Gazette.
THE ALHAMBRA; a series of Tales and
Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. By
the Author of the Sketch-Book, &c. 2 vols.
12mo.
"Mr. Irving has fairly trusted himself `to the golden
shores of old romance,' and yielded to all their influences.
He has carried us into a world of marble fountains,
moonlight, arabesques, and perfumes. We do not
know whether reform and retrenchment have left any
imagination in the world, but this we know, that if
there be any fantasies yet slumbering deep within the
souls, the tales of the Alhambra must awaken them."—
London Literary Gazette.
By the same Author.
The SKETCH BOOK, 2 vols. 12mo.
KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW
YORK, revised and corrected. 2 vols.
BRACEBRIDGE HALL, OR THE HUMORISTS,
2 vols. 12mo.
TALES OF A TRAVELLER, 2 vols. 12mo.
