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C4atul DoOns' now I'D course republication
D ON THE CHEAP PLAN.
Each volume viii contain $50 pages and nm
RaIuss ana can be forwarded by mail to am,
part q the United states. Price in paner 20
vers' - cents; bound in boards. 81 l-2 cents
IN cloth and gilt lettered, 80 cents,
JAMES HOW ATS. Co.
Publishers, ia Broadway, New York. bave
MADE extensive arrangements for PUBLISHING
during the present spl ing and summar
several hundred volumes of New and Hes
Books, in the various department of Weds;re
History, Education, Bellies Letters. Poetrv ~
Romance, by the best writers. This u;Il nv
qaestlonably rum the most interesting l;h-a !,
of Books ever published IN this country: and the
very small price charged for each volume ., IN
obtain for them, as issued, very large and
rapid sale. They would cali attention To The
MODERN STANDARD DRAMA.
LIBRARY EpIrIoN-
EDITED BY EPES SARGEANT
Containing a selection of the best Mas of
Modern Authors, with Exemplatory Notes and
Obsery aEions, Costumes of cllaraciers and
Stage Directions; to he completed in 80
weekly numbers, at IL - cents each.
The series will beeonposed principally Of
such moderl, dramas ofcelcbrity as, IL cSnse.
quence ofthe restrictions of copy right in En-.
gland, have not yet appeared in any collection
of specimens ofthe British drama The dr..
ma:ic chiefd 9uures OF Talfourd, Crolv, Shell.
Maturin, Bulwer, Tnbin, Knowles, Morton,
Vlsraell. Leigh Hunt, Milman, Jerod, and
others, certainly possess that degree of inter
'vtirODs tlss..ss N7~-or r;rusu works have
ever been presentedto The American pub!ic
IN shape suitable for preservation.
1t is proposed in the present series of rem
edy this deficiency. Every number will con-
slst, of an entire drama, of character to please
IN the closer as well as on the stage. and ac-
comPanied by introductory remarks, historical
and critical.
The stage-marks and directions, including
description OF the costumes, the characters,
VIII be given; but in no instance will there be
departure from the text of the author. The
series will thus not only be servicable to the
actor. but satisfactory to the general reader.
Ane typography OF the series will be new,
large and uniform; and every number eompri-
ses distinct and entire work in itself.
JUST PUBLISHED,
No. 1.-The DRAWING ROOM LIBRARY,
Edited by Epes Sargeant
I HE LIGHT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE,
AND OTHER POEMS.
Now for the first time collected, by Epes,
Sargeal t, iwlth an illustrative engraving on
steel, Designed by J. c. Chapman.
Prospects Of Ike DraUing Room Li6raru.
The works included in this series will be Ell
-her original or such as are not 10 be procured
except at eXtravIgant prices, in any other
shape. There is a class of productions, both
n prose and verse, which may be called fell
cities IN literature. but which never find their
way to the shelves of our bookstores, pre-. oc-
cupled h If are with the chea2n is, whose
name is Legion.
indication of growing taste in the public
nind Tor better th!ngs-for higher specimens
achievement IN the doing of thought--for
more Invlgoratng' lfnot more palatabIe intel
ecfual natrument, begin TO appear To min,
ster to this tase-to contribute to the supply
# its demands--Will be the object of the
Drawing Room Library.,'
by way of p esentmg our credential IN en-
ering upon The task of editor, and not as
ample OF what we intend to give. we CON-
hence the series with collection of orr own
POEMS. it being the first which can be laid to
ur charge. Our other Writings in prose and |
Rrse. VIII appear in fntnro nnnnhnrs- Rnt in !
he meanwhile the series will be enriched with |
vorks of a permanent interest, which cannot |
ut impart to j: a lasting value.
The "Drawing- Room Library" will be pub |
shed every week, in numbers. containing dis |
nd table of eontents will be given; when num-
ers enough to make neat, uniform volume
ave appeared. But as every number will be
in itself, the purchaser can consult
lis own ia ste in regard to those works which
e includes in his bound collection, and mail
ubscrlbers can remit for one or more numbers
# the work as they may desire. For one
ollar eight numbers will be sent. Price II l-2
entS.
BIOGRAPHICAL SERIES.
TO be completed IN about fifty numbers, each |
number, Or uoz7,meS, to contain $50 pages |
and up1cards. Published semi monthly, at
% cents per rOtainae,
This series will consist of deeply interesting |
nemoirs OF eminent persons, male and female |
UGH as have never before been presented in |
popular form. They will possess all the
harms of a work Of fiction, with the addition
] advantage Of being true. Now ready
10. 1.-THE LIFE OF MADAME OAR
SLAY, Formerly Miss. Burney,) authorcs of
Evelina," &c, in two volumes at % cents
ach.
No. 2-rHE LIFEOF GOETHE
from his own photographed papers, and the
totes of his contemporaries, IN volumes, al
3 cents each vol.
Veu Works recently published J. By MonnGu & 1
Co, ia BroGdaOdy
ANIMAL MAGNETISM, OR MESMER1SM-
is History, Phenomena, and Present Condi-
ion, conta ming Practical instructions. and the
attest discoveries in the science. principally
lerived from recent work by William Lang,
With supplement, containing new an import
int facts never before published in the United
States; by Rev. Chauncey ilare Townshend.
Iuthor of "Facts IN Mesmeris'n," &c. Price 70
,ents.
THE MODERN STANDARD DRAMA,
edited BY Epes Sergeant, author ofs'Velasco
rradgedy," &c. To be published in fifty week
Y nuTnbers-Now ready.
No. LION, Tradegy in five acts. By
Thomas Noon TaIfourd, Sergeant at Law
From the Authors latest edition. With stage
direction Description of Costume &c, Is IL
tents.
No. 2-FLAZIO. TradgedE. In Ave acts
3y Rev. Fl. II, Millman. From the Authoas
d est edition. With the Stage Directions. II
No. 3. EHE LADY ;oF LYONS. By Sir
Edward Lytton Bulwe-. IL l-2 cents.
No. 4-RICHELIEU. By Sir Edward Lyt>
10 Bnlwer. II I.2 cents.
No. 5.-THE HONEY MOON, By John