The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1824-11-12 (London, England)

ILLUMINATED POCKET BOOK. This day is published, inscribed. by permission, to his Most Gracious Majesty, with Twenty-six beautiful Embellishments, engraved by Mess,,. Heath, Fry, Cooke, &c. &c. after Desimis by It. %Vestal] Esq.., T. Stodhart, Esq., Sir Joshua Reynolds, Murillo. diode, lien. FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING; or, the Annual Remembraneer, a Christina* Present and New Year's Gift for ; tined up in a most elegantly embossed Cower, designet expressly for the occasion, with Medallions of Homer, rryil, Milton, and Skakspearc, price Twelve Shillings. A few l'^etes with Proofs of the Plates on Indian paper, price Eighteen Shillings. The very flattering reteptioa which was bestowed on the volume of friendship's Offering fur the year 1824, has induced the Proprie_ 10°sw make fresh exertions to merit this year a continuance of the Wr support. It will be seen, that among the contributors are the snismt'aloes of Mi's Edgeworth. Mrs. Dole.. L.E.L., Author of tha"lmprovisatrice," 11ev. Thos. Dale, site. The Embellishments are ant only far more numerous, but much superior in execution sod satiety to those of last year ; and the Work, on the whole, is a more comprehensive, interesting, and useful scale. The Nome...Ts, therefore, confidently appeal to a liberal and dia. ri"lry puh:;:., feeling convinced that such endeavours to produce 'Pko,cr end elegant Christmas Present will be acceptable, and ex had to meet with corresponding encouragement. CosTlNTS.—Preface—Description of Constantinople, St. Berne, and Naples—The Portnne Teller, by Sir Helaolds—Tale of Disobedience, by Mm. Opie—Thel „.'"ental Thermometer. by Miss M. Edgeworth--The Suicide's L.—llome, by the same—Farewell, by' the Rev. Dale—Expostulstion, by the 1:".11C—To the 3lemory of '*lnes, by 11. E. Lloyd, Esq.—Song. by the same—Tale of Rt. Natation, by Alm. °pie._ The Good Shepherd—Ballad, by L. 11. X.l-same—TranslationThe Sailor, by the same—Translation from Klopstock, by E. Lloyd, Esq.—Sonnet from the Italian, by the same— Epi. moo? a Lap Dog, by the same—From the Italian, by the same— '4Lisa, from the Spanish, by the same—Ariadne, from the Its. 2.4 the ssnic—lrorn Guarini, by the same—To the Flower, '."Nat me not," by Mrs. Opie--Lannucci, a Tale of the 13th 'ur—A Landscape, by Claude Lorraine--Account of the V ee. proclaimed. for 1825, at Room—Charades, Riddles, &c. of Comae—Reply to Bachelor's Fare--Scraps.-, ..to last Vesr's Riddles, &c.—Compendious Weather --Ann Year 11123—T0 the New Year, by H. E. Lloyd, Esq. ual Nat,. Lin or tr:NREI LIqIIRITYTII 1 Illuminated external Embellish 0 • *— ' 'fleata—... Presentation Plate 3. Illuminated Title Page— s._ Fineiful Dedication Plate-5. View of Constantinople—fs. View Petersburg-7. View of Berno—B. View of Naples-9. The }"ruse Teller,Trom Sir J. Reynolds-10. Design by R. Westall, f,l9.feten a Scene in the Tale of Disobedience, by Mrs. Opie— " Ilaroe, from a Design by T. Stothard, Esq. R.A.—I2. The 1,1408, Shepherd, from 3lurillo-13. Landscape. front an original, 1.).0t bade, in the National Gallery-14. Allegorical Design of the T sat Stia,RN from a Design by T. Stothard, Esq, R.A. 61.16)1[77E3