Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1835-02-18
ENGLISH LITERATURE.

Mr. James, the novelist, announces romance,
called "the Gypsey," and a history of Edward
the Black Prince. :.
some unreliable poems, intends again taxing
the public patience by new volume, to be call
ed s'The Village Churcbyard"
Sir Grenville Temple announces his "Trayels
in Africa"
Nathan Hewitt, the quaker poet, and husband
of Mary Hewitt, one of the best writers of the
day, is engaged in Traditions OF the Ancient
Times"
Lady Bessington has new novel on the
stocks, called "The Two Friends"
Coleridge's liable Talk" and Fanny KEN
bles sTravels in tine United States, and Opinions
Of the Americans" are looked for with great I'M
patience.
Mr. Auldjo, a gentleman who once assembled
the summit of Mount Blanc, is to publish his
" Journal of Visit to Constantinople, and some
of the Greek Islands,"
Tom Hoods 'Comic Annual has not yet
appeared.
is TO contain Haiti Baba"-Mr. Morier's cee-
brated Turkish Tale.-with new introduction
and notes of the author and splendid engrav-
ings from designs by Horace, Vernet, and
Caves. In this improved shape 1t VIII COST less
than a dollar and a half it was originally pup
lished in three volumes, at the price Of sereE
dollars.
Miss Pardoe's-" The Warden's and the Da-
ventry's," is a novel which has been long pro-
missed, and will speedily appear
The London Literary Gazette announces that
the autograph manuscript of the Memoirs OF
Cardinel de Retz, has recently oeen louno, anu
il is said to contain many erasures OF great IN
terest, which are not in the published editions.
Mr. Poole, the author Of "Paul Pry, announc.
es three volumes, to be called "Sketches and
Recolections."
The new number, for January, OF Lardners
Cyclopedia is the 4th volume oil Sir James NC
Intosh's History Of England.
The Library of Romance" edited oy LeiSn
Richie has reached its 1lth volume, hich clio
ses the series. Among the authors who wrote
for this beautiful collection of novels and ro-
mances were Banim, Richie, Gait Picken,
Fraser Harrison, Victor Hugo &c. Each Vo-
lume contained, for one and a half dollars, (six
gshillings English,) as much matter as is 10 be
found in volumes of fashionably- printed no
Ssvels {" streamlet oftype meandering through
fine banks Of margin,O at half guinea vol
ume; that is, il was exactly one fourth as cheap
!. as the usual run of novels.
IS Lieutenant Holman, the blind traveller, is
bringing out the second volume Of his "Voyage
round the World, including travels in Africa,
Asia, Australia, America" &c.
= A very beautiful edition, fine paper, embossed
cloth cover and gilt edges, of SCOTS !" Lay OF
the Last Minstrel" has just appeared, at the
low price of eighteen pence. Inc dura,ioh vi vi
the copy right ceases, so that BOOK, SOLO un'il
now at three dollars, is now to be had for one
eighth that sum.
As an instance oil the popularity of pious poe
try in England need only cite Robert Mont
gomery's Omnipresence of the Deity" which
has Just now gone into thirteenth edition. up
wards of $4,000 copies of the work have peen
sold When it originally appeared in London,
,Longmans 1.-THE great hooksellers) ordered two
copies, since them they have sold about 10000 OF
1t!
A beautiful volume has appeared, in Dublin,
during the last week 1t is entitled Selections
from the American Poets" There are about
$50 specimens OF Byrdnt, there are several;
Dana's fine poem, " the Buccaneer," is consid-
cred one of the finest productions American
genius has yet favored us with.
Murray Lord Byron's old publisher, is about
bringing out complete and uniform edition OF
the Various memoirs of DIR. Johnson. 1t is to
appear in monthly volumes, like the editions OF
Byron and Crabbe, and to contain views, por-
traits and autographs.-N y. Star.