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KNGLIsH LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY


Now Edition.
II C5&J BIDDLE, No South Fifth street,
IL. Philadelphia, have recently published now,
stereotype edition Of
English Literature of the Nineteenth Century,
On the plan of the authors /" Compendium Of English
Literature and supplementary TO It. Designed Tor
colleges and advanced classes in schools as vol Us
for private reading. BY Charles D. Cleveland.
The Compendium Of English Literature, by Prof
Cleveland, comprises biographical sketches and Sc
lections from the writings OF English authors, from
the fourteenth to tho eighteenth century chronology
cally arranged together with copious Notes, explain
atory illustrative, &C. The volume now advertised,
which il arranged on the same plan as the Com
pendluni,n comprises in its list OF authors such as
aourshed in the eighteenth century bat d.Sn IN tho
present together with those strictly Of the nine
tcenth century, whether living or dead.
Tho present edition of English Literature Of the
Nineteenth Centary' contains biographical sketches
and selections from the writings OF one hundred ana
six authors the names Of twenty seven OF whom did
not appear In the table Of contents OF the former edi-
tion together with many improvements throughout
the volume.
Prof C,s two volumes Of English Literature
now extensively used ms text books in colleges, acad
enjes and the higher class of seninaries throughout
the United States. The following opinions relative
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ara selected from large number equally commenda-
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Colege
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Young Few persons understand what an amount
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