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KHGLIaH MTERATURG OF THE 18TH CENTURY

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II c.. &J. BIDDLE, No, South Fifth street,
IL. Philadelphia, have recently published . new,
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English I4ateratsrs Of the Nineteesah Century,
On the plan of tho authors Compendium Of English
Literature, and supplementary 70 y. Designed ior
colleges and advanced classes IN schools as wei ~
for private reading. BY Charles u, Cleveland.
The Compendium Of English Literature" by Prof
Cleveland. comprises biographical sketches and SO.
ections from the writings of English authors. from
tho fourteenth 10 the eighteenth century chronology
calIy arranged together with copous notes, explain
atory illustratiye &c. The volume now advertised,
which il arranged on tho same plan as the Com
pendum y comprises in its list OF authors such rs
aourshed in the eighteenth century. bat did in tho
present together with those strictly OF the nine-
teanth century whether living or dead.
The present edition of English Literature Of the
Nineteenth Century contains biographical sketches
and selections from the writings OF one hundred anu
six authors the names OF twenty seven of whom did
not appear in the table Of contens OF the former cdr
tion together with many improvements throughout
Prof ca two volumes Of English Literature arc
now extensively used textbooks in colleges, acad
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From Pyoc CAauneey A. Goodrich, d. d., Of Yale
" tfE tgtsf 3sft College,. asstsf
g .I consider Prof Clevelands English Literature
of the Nineteenth Century an appropriate sequel to
his sCompendiam.' The author has shown tho same
Just and delicate appreciation of literary excellence
in this as in the former volume; and, rs 1t reaches
down to our times it win be still more interesting to
large portion Of the public, and especially to the
young. Few persons can understand what ON amount
Of reading, thought nice discrimination, and labor-
Gus cor densation OF knowledge are requisite to the
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Is extremely well and fairly done The biographical
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