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CLEvEIANDS
ENGLIsH LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY.

CLEvEI.ANDS
ENGLIsH LITERATURE OF THE 18TH CENTURY.
New Edition.
II C. 4 J. BIDDLE, No. South Fifth street,
Il. Philadelphia, have recently published now,
stereotype edition of
English Literature of tie 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, 2 by Prof
Cleveland comprises biographical sketches and
ections from the writings Of English authors, from
the fourteenth to tho eighteenth century, chronology
cally arranged together with copous Notes, explain
atory illustrative, &c. The volume advertised,
which Is arranged on the same plan as the Com
pcndium,n comprises in its list of authors such as
hourshed in the eighteenth century but DIED in the
present; together with those strictly Of tho ninc-
teenth century, whether living or dead.
Tho present edition Of English Literature Of the
Nineteenth Centuryn contains biographical sketches
and selections from the writings of one hundred and
six authors, the names Of twenty Of whom did
not appear in the table OF contents of the former ed
ton together with many improvements throughout
the volume.
Prof C.'s two volumes Of English Literature are
extensively used as text books in colleges, acad
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to English Literature Of the Nineteenth Century"
ars selected from large number equally commenda-
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From PreE Channoey A. Goodrich, ID. d., Of YAH
College.
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his Compendium The author has shown the
inst and delicate appreciation OF literary excellence
in this as in tho former volumes and, il reaches
down to times IL will be still interesting to
large portion OF the public and especially TO the
young Fcw persons can understand what an amount
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laboB."
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