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CLEvELANDy
ENaLIsH LITERATURE OF THE 18th CENTURY.

CLEv ELANDS
RNGLHH LITERATURE OF THE 18th CENTURY.
New Edition.
u C.&J BIDDLE No. South Fifth street,
Il. Philadelphia, have recently published now,
stereotype edition of
On the plan Of the authors Compendium of English
Literature" and supplementary to it, Designed for
colleges and advanced classes in schools wei rs
for private re ading BY Charles d. Cleveland.
The Compendium of English Literature, by Prof
Cleveland comprises biographical sketches and Sc
the fourteenth to the eighteenth century chronology
caly arranged together with copious 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 ms
fourished in the eighteenth century but died In the
present. together with those strictly Of tho nine
teenth century, whether living or dead.
The present edition Of English Literature of the
Nineteenth Ccnturyn contains biographical sketches
and selections from the writings Of hundred and
six authors the names OF twenty seven OF whom did
not appear the table Of contents of the former edi
ton together with many improvements throughout
the volume.
Prof C's two volumes of English Literature are
now extensively used as books in colleges acad
omcs and the higher class Of scminares, throughout
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From Prof. ChaHncey A. Goodrieh, d. d., Of Yale
College.
I consider Prof Clevolands English Literature
of the Nineteenth Century an appropriate sequetto
his Compendium. The author ha, shown the same
just and delicate appreciation Of literary excellence
in this in the former volume and. ms IL reaches
down to times, IL will be still more interesting to
largo portion Of the public and especially TO the
young Few persons understand what an amount
OF reading. thought nice discrimination and abori-
Gus cor densation of knowledge requisite 10 the
production OF such work and just in proportion
toll more extensively in this field, will be the
estimate they win put upon this result Of the authors
iabors."
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long eoough TO crafty the curiosity we have TO
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to awaken n desire to know The selections
arc admirable. I have adopted the work text
oosk for my first class, every individual of which Is
now preparing, under its guidance, to give fuller
account of the writings Of some one chosen author"
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