Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-26
CLEv GLANDS
ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

Now Edition.
II O. & j. BIDDLE, No. 8 South Fifth street
IL. Philadelphia, have recently published new,
stereotype edition Of
English Literature of the Nineteenth Century
On the plan Of the authors Compendium Of English
literature and supplementary TO IT, Designed for
colleges and advanced classes IN schools as wei as
for private reading. BY Charles ID. Cleveland.
The " Compendium of English Literature by Prof
Cleveland comprises biographical sketches and So
lections from the writings Of English authors, from
the fourteenth to the eighteenth century chronology
cally arranged; together with copous Notes. explain
atory illustrative, &c. The volume now advertised
which is arranged on the same plan as the Com
pendulum comprises in its list Of authors such as
fourished in the eighteenth century but d1 IN the
present together with those strictly Of the nine-
teenth century, whether living or dead
The present edition Of English Literature Of the
Nineteenth Contury" contains Biographical sketches
and selections from the writings of one hundred ana
six authors the names Of twenty OF whom did
not appear in the table Of contents OF the former ed-
tion /; together with many improvements throughout
the volume.
Prof q q two volumes Of English Literature are
now extensively used text books in colleges acad
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the United States. The following opinions relative
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arc selected from large number equally commenda-
tory Of the work:
From P,of. Chauncey A. Goodrieh, d. d., Of Yale
K. College.
~ consider Prof Clevelands English Literature
Of the Nineteenth Century an appropriate sequel to
his Compendium The author has shown the same
just and delicate appreciation OF literary excellence
in this as in tho former volumes and as It reaches
down to our times it will be still more interesting to
large portion of the public and especially to the
young. Few persons can understand what an amount
Of reading thought, nice discrimination, and labor
Gus col densaton of knowledge. are requisite TO the
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men toll more extensively in this field, will be the
estimate they will put upon this result Of the author
labors."
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is extremely well and fairly done. The biographical
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to awaken n desire to know more. The selections
are admirable. I have adopted the work as a text
book for my first class every individual OF which is
now preparing, under its guidance, to give fuller
account Of the writings of some ono chosen author
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II is, believe, the richest collection Of gems aa
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ering the very brief limits to which you were obliged
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Judgment to be passed. upen each author; and here
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