The Sun.
London, England, 1818-01-14 00:00:00

This Day were publfshed,

k7ELECT EARLY ENGLISH POETS, Nos.,
2 and 3.---The HYMNS of HOMER, with the BATTLE
of the F.'IIOC3S and MICE, and_Two Original Poetical Hymns
by GEORGE CHAPMAN, with a'Portrait of the Author.
and ,an Introductory Preface ,by S. %V. DINCiEP.-250
Copies are printed, of which 930 only arc for Sale. Price 7s.
each Number, or done up in one Vol. in extra boards, 149.
Lodges Glauctis and Scylla, Marlow's Hero and Leander,
and the Second Part of Lowelaces's Lucasta, are in 'pre-
paration.

, Printed for Robert Triphdok, 23, plil Bond street; Long-
man and CO. Paternoster-row; Arch, Cornitill; Major,
Skinner-street, &c.

TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION;

By Mr. SOTHEBY, at his House, No. 145, Strand, op-
posite Catherine-street, on FRIDAY, '3;0)11:Iry 16, and
Three following Days (Sunday excepted), at 12 ciClock,

FINE coLui?,crioN of BOOKS; inelml-
ing the ren,ining Portion of a Library of Gentleman.
Among thrm are, flume's England (Bowyer's), a Subscrip-
tion Copy; Dugdale's St. Paul's, First Edition; Dart's West.;
minster Abbey, a vols.; Drake's York, large paper, Russia;
Pennant's Worts, in IS vol 4. ; Grose's Antiquities of Eng-
land and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, to vols. on large pa-
per ; Gibbon's Rome, 6 vols.; ..Strutt's Dictionary of En-
gravers,2 vols. large paper; Lysons' London, 6 vols.l Bruce's
Travels, 5 vols.; Annual Register, 5W cots. Universal Elis-
tory, 60 vols. ; Beauties of England and Wales, 18 vols- large
paper; &c. &c. &a. Including likewise, a good Collection of
Law.
To be viewed, and Catalogues (price 64.) had at the Place
of Sale.

FOR COUGHS, COLDS, &c.
WALSH'S COLTSFOOT LOZENGES.

,rIPUSILAGO was.the name given to Coltsfoot
by the Ancientti Who knewdts value in Coughs, Rc. It
is prepared in the form of Lozenge, as the most agreeable to
palate; and also, that by its gradually dissolving in the
mouth, it may with more certainty be•conveyed to the parts
affeeted ; these Lozenges are deobstruent, detergent, and lu-
bricating, allaying the tickling sensation which -Occesions
Coughing, clearing the voice, and producing the most salu-
tary effects ; if used as a Preventive, few Per Sons will he
troubled with Coughs through the Winter, 'and their price
places them within the reach of all ranks of people. The ge-
nuine will have the names of Shaw and Edwards on the
stamp. ,
Also, WALSH's ANTIPERTUSSIS for the MOPING
COUGH. a remedy long appmved and recommended by the
first familiedin the kingdom. Price only 2s. 9d. per bottle.

....
Sold by E. Edwards:4;6, Sr. Paul's, iii the fotitway opposite
-the geniv al entrance to tht Cathedral.

THE IRISHMAN'S BLUNDER.

To the land of potatoes a visit once making,
One Mister O'Donoglpie hepred I'd be tithing

M Dublin a dinner with ; .
" By St,.Pal rick," he said, " and I'll show your two eyes,
A sight that shall strike you quite dumb with surprise,'
So I thought I would humour his Whim. ,

I no sooner arrived than we sat down to dine, • '
And dinner once over we pushed round the wine,

fill hof
.1 ns got pretty gay;
And my friend, who by no means of humour was barren,
Turn'd the talk to the beautiftil Blaching of WARREN,
And the richness that. black would display.

" But a propos," he said, " to my chamber he coming,
I'll show you-some pictures in loveliness blooming, •
With WAtints's Jet Blacking I drew them ;
But these pictures are magical, for you must know
The moment you see them my visage they'll show,
But vanish when you cease to view them."

When I got to his charobet' no pictures I foUnd,
But. the %vainscot w•as covered with Boots that hung round,

And reflected my face as they shone ;
Then O'Donoghoe started and suddenly cried,. •
No face but my own in these Boots have I spied,
But now there is mine and your own.

The mystery was solved, 'twas the "loots were•so bright,
They reflected our faces, and I with delight,
Tit' effect saw of WA itarN's .let filackigg ;
And when I got home to my lodgings, I wrote •
For a hamper of WaattisN's Jet Blacking; a note ;
Of that varnish no more I'll be lacking.
.The abort truly inestimable Blacking is prepared by