Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-15
cLEvELANDs
ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY

Now Edition.
u C.&J. BIDDLE, No, Q South Fifth street,
u. Philadelphia, have recently published . now,
stereotype edition Of
English Literature of the Ninsteenh Century,
On tho plan of tho authors Compendium of English
Literature and supplementary to it. Designed for
colleges and advanced classes in schools as wet as
for private reading By Charles D. Cleveland
The Compendium of English Literature, by Prof
Cleveland comprises biographical sketches and So
lections from tho 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 rs the Com
pcndiumn comprises in its list Of authors such rs
ourished in the eighteenth century but dfsd In the
present together with those strictly Of the nine
teenth century, whether living or dead
The present edition of English Literature OF the
and selections from the writings of one hundred and
six authors the names Of twenty seven Of whom did
not appear the table OF contents OF the former cdr
tion together with many improvements throughout
the volume.
prof C.,s two volumes of English Literature are
now extensively used Us books in colleges acad
emes and the higher class OF seminaries, throughout
the United States. The following opinions relative
to "Eoglish Literature OF tho Nineteenth Century
are selected from large number equally commenda-
tory Of the work
From, P,o,. Chauncey A. Goodrich, D. d., Of Yah
College.
g I consider Prof Cleveland's English Literature
of the Nineteenth Century an appropriate sequel TO
his Compendium. The author hasshown the same
Just and delicate appreciation of literary excellence
in this as in the former volumes and, as It reaches
down to our times it will be still more interesting to
largo portion of the public, and especially TO the
young Few persons can understand what an amount
Of reading thought nice Discrimination and labori-
ons col densation of knowledge, requisite to the
production Of such work and just in proportion as
men toll more extensively in this field, will be the
estimate they will put upon this result Of the author
laboH."
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is extremely we'll and fairly done. The biographical
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are long enough to crafty the curiosity We nave %
know something of an author they are 80 spirited as
are admirable. have adopted the work as text
oook for my first class, every individual OF which il
now preparing, under its guidance, to give fuller
account Of tho writings of some one chosen author
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er pleasure, and, trust not little proht, your
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Judgment to be passed upen zach author; and here
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