CLASSICAL LITERATURE.
INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE
GREEK CLASSIC POETS, for the use of
Young Persons at School of College.
Contents,—General Introduction; Homeric
Questions; Life of Homer; Iliad;
Odyssey; Margites; Batrachomyomachia;
Hymns; Hesiod. By Henry Nelson Coleridge.
"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."—British Critic.
"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."—Quarterly Review.
"We sincerely hope that Mr. Coleridge will favor us
with a continuation of his work, which he promises."—
Gent. Mag.
"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."—Wesleyan Methodist
Magazine.
ATLAS OF ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY, consisting
of 21 Colored Maps, with a complete
Accentuated Index. By Samuel Butler,
D. D., F. R. S. &c. Archdeacon of Derby.
By the same Author.
GEOGRAPHIA CLASSICA: a Sketch of
Ancient Geography, for the Use of Schools.
In 8vo.
Extract of a Letter from Professor Stuart of
Andover.
"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."
