Hazlitt's Lectures on the Drama, Wallace's Prospects of Mankind, Nature and Providence, On Pulpit Oratory, Recollections of Lisbon, Lloyd's Poems. Mr. Oldaker on Modern Improvements, A Chapter on Time, On the Profession of the Bar, The Wine Cellar, Destruction of the Brunswick Theatre by Fire, First Appearance of Miss Fanny Kemble, On the Intellectual Character of the late Wm. Hazlitt.

Contents of "Stephen."

Life of Wilberforce, Life of Whitfield and Froude, D'Aubigne's Reformation, Life and Times of Baxter, Physical Theory of Another Life, The Port Royalists, Ignatius Loyola, Taylor's Edwin the Fair.

"His (Talfourd's) Critical writings manifest on every page a sincere, earnest and sympathizing love of intellectual excellence and moral beauty. The kindliness of temper and tenderness of sentiment with which they are animated, are continually suggesting pleasant thoughts of the author."—North American Review.

VII.
LORD JEFFREY.

THE CRITICAL WRITINGS
OF
FRANCIS LORD JEFFREY.

In One Volume 8vo., with a Portrait.

From a very able article in the North British Review we extract the following:

"It is a book not to be read only—but studied—it is a vast repository; or rather a system or institute, embracing the whole circle of letters—if we except the exact sciences—and contains within itself, not in a desultory form, but in a well digested scheme, more original conceptions, bold and fearless speculation and just reasoning on all kinds and varieties of subjects than are to be found in any English writer with whom we are acquainted within the present or the last generation. ... His choice of words is unbounded and his felicity of expression, to the most impalpable shade of discrimination, almost miraculous. Playful, lively, and full of illustration, no subject is so dull or so dry that he cannot invest it with interest, and none so trifling that it cannot acquire dignity or elegance from his pencil. Independently however, of mere style, and apart from the great variety of subjects embraced by his pen, the distinguishing feature of his writings, and that in which he excels his cotemporary reviewers, is the deep vein of practical thought which runs throughout them all."

VIII.
SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH.

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDINBURGH
REVIEW.
Collected and Edited by his Son.
In One Volume 8vo., with a Portrait, $1 75.

THE POEMS
OF
FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD.

Illustrated by the best artists.

In one volume octavo, uniform, with Carey & Hart's illustrated Bryant, Willis, &c.

The following exquisitely finished line engravings are from original designs, by our most celebrated painters, and are executed in the highest style of art:—Portrait of the Authoress; Hope; A Child playing with a Watch; The Reaper; Ida; Old Friends; The Child's Portrait; Little Red Riding Hood; The Life Boat; Twilight Hours; The Arab and his Steed; Zuleika.

"There is nothing mechanical about her; all is buoyant, overflowing, irrepressible vivacity, like the bubbling up of a natural fountain. In her almost childish playfulness, she reminds us of that exquisite creation of Fouque, Undine, who knew no law but that of her own waywardness. The great charm of her poetry is its unaffected simplicity. It is the transparent simplicity of truth, reflecting the feeling of the moment like a mirror."—Rev. Dr. Davidson.

"In all the poems of Mrs. Osgood, we find occasion to admire the author as well as the works. Her spontaneous and instinctive effusions appear, in a higher degree than any others in our literature, to combine the rarest and highest capacities in art with the sincerest and deepest sentiments and the noblest aspirations. They would convince us, if the beauty of her life were otherwise unknown, that Mrs. Osgood is one of the loveliest characters in the histories of literature or society."—Pennsylvania Inquirer and Courier.

"The position of Mrs. Osgood, as a graceful and womanly poetess, is fixed, and will be enduring. To taste of faultless delicacy, a remarkable command of poetical language, great variety of cadence, and a most musical versification, she has added recently the highest qualities of inspiration, imagination, and passion, in a degree rarely equalled in the productions of women.... The reputation which Mrs. Osgood enjoys, as one of the most amiable, true-hearted, and brilliant ladies in American society, will add to the good fortune of a book, the intrinsic excellence and beauty of which will secure for it a place among the standard creations of female genius."—Home Journal.

POETICAL LIBRARY.

THE POETS AND POETRY OF
EUROPE, ENGLAND, AMERICA, Etc.

CAREY & HART have just published in four splendid volumes, beautifully illustrated, and uniform in size with their new edition of "THE MODERN ESSAYISTS," and forming a suitable companion to that delightful series:—

THE
POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA:

EMBRACING
Selections from the Poetical Literature of the United States, from the Time of the Revolution,
WITH A
Preliminary Essay on the Progress and Condition of Poetry in this Country, and Biographical and Critical Notices of the most eminent Poets.

By RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

Elegantly bound in Col'd Calf and Morocco.
Price $5 00, or in Cloth Gilt, $3 00.

"We think in the 500 pages of this beautiful volume, the reader will find nearly all that is worth reading in American Poetry."—Boston Post.

"Mr. G has done a service to our literature which eminently entitles him to the regard and favor of a discerning and impartial public."—National Intelligencer.

"No better selection from the poetry of our native bards has ever been made, and no person could do better with the materials than Mr. Griswold has done."—Boston Transcript.

THE
POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE:
WITH
Biographical Notices and Translations,

From the Earliest Period to the Present Time.
By HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.
In One Large 8vo. Volume, 750 Pages.
Morocco elegant, $5 50, or cloth gilt, $3 75.

Which comprises translations from the following: Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. &c.

"It is the most complete work of the kind in English literature."—Boston Courier.

"A more desirable work for the scholar or man of taste has scarcely ever been issued in the United States."—N. Y. Tribune.

ILLUSTRATED POEMS.

BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,
With Designs by F. O. C. Darley,
ENGRAVED BY DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS.
With a Portrait of the Authoress by Cheney
after Freeman.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

The Divided Burden—A Landscape—Oriska—The Ancient Family Clock—Eve—The Scottish Weaver—The Indian Summer—Erin's Daughter—The Western Emigrant—The Aged Pastor—The Tomb—The Drooping Team—The Beautiful Maid.

"The volume is a most luxurious and gorgeous one, reflecting the highest credit on its 'getters up;' and we know of nothing from the American press which would form a more acceptable gift-book, or a richer ornament for the centre-table. Of the Poems themselves it is needless to speak."—Y. Blade.

"In the arts of typography the volume is unsurpassed; the illustrations are numerous and beautiful,