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JOHN, J. A. ST.
JOHNSON, C.
JOHNSON, DR. S.
JONES, REV. E. J.
JONES, J.

JONES, OF NAYLAND.
JONES, PROFESSOR,

JONES, WHITMORE.

JONES, SIR W.

JONSON, BEN.

JORTIN, DR. J.

JOY, G.

JUVENAL.

JUVENIS.

KAIMES, LORD.

KANT, E.

KAYE, W.

KIDD, DR. J.

KING, LORD.

KINGLAKE, W.

KINGSLEY, REV. C.

KIRBY, REV. W.

KIRKLAND, MRS.
KIRWAN, DEAN.
KITCHENER, DR.
KEATS, J.

KEBLE, REV. JOHN.
KEITH, REV. DR.
KEMP, LINDLEY.

KEMPIS, T. A.

KEPPLER, J.

KETT, H.

KNEBELL, VON.

KNIGHT, R. P.

KNIGHTON, SIR W.

KNOWLES, HERBERT. KNOWLES, J. SHERIDAN. KNOX, J.

LACTANTIUS.

LAMB, C.

LAMARTINE, A. DE. LANDON, L. E.

LANDOR, W. S.

LANSDOWNE, LORD.

LAPLACE, P. S.

LATIMER, BISHOP,

LAVATER, J. C.

LIST OF AUTHORS QUOTED.

LESLIE, REV. C.

LESSING, PROFESSOR. L'ESTRANGE, SIR R. LEWIS, HON. G. C. LEWIS, M. G.

LILLO, G.

LILLY, W.

LINDSAY, LORD.

LISLE, W.

LIVERPOOL, LORD.

LIVY.

LLOYD, C.

LOCKE, J.

LONGFELLOW, H. W.

LOTHROP, AMIE.

LOUIS XII.

LOWELL, J. R.

LOWTH, BISHOP.

LUCAN.

LUCRETIUS.

LUKE, THE EVANGELIST.

LUTHER, MARTIN.

LYNCH, SIR T.

LYNDHURST, LORD.

LYTTELTON, LORD. LYTTON, SIR E. BULWER.

MABERLEY, MRS. MACAULAY, LORD. MACCULLOCH, DR. J. MACINTOSH, M. MACKAY, DR. C. MACKENZIE.

MADAN, M.

MADDEN, SIR F. MALCOLM, SIR J. MALLET, D. MANILIUS. MANT, BISHOP. MANTELL, DR. G. A MANTON, BISHOP. MARLOWE, C. MARMONT, M. MARRYAT, CAPTAIN. MARSH, BISHOP. MARSTON, J. MARTEN, AIME.

MARTIAL.

MARTIN, W.

MARTINEAU, JAMES.

MARVEL, ANDREW.

MASON, W.

MAY, T.

MAYHEW, H.

MELANCTHON, PHILIP.

MELLEN, GRENVILLE.

MELMOTH, W.

MELVILL, REV. H.
MENDOZA, LOPEZ DE

MENZEL, W.

MERRICK, J.

MERRITT, T. L.

METHUEN, H. H.

MICAH, THE PROPHET. MICHELET, JULES. MICKLE, W. J.

MIDDLETON, C.

MILLER, HUGH.

MILMAN, H. H.

MILNES, R. MONCKTON.

MILTON, JOHN.

MITFORD, MISS

MOIR, D. M.
MONRO, E.

MONTAGUE, LADY M. W. MONTAGUE, HON. MRS. MONTAIGNE, MICHAEL DE. MONTESQUIEU, BARON. MONTGOMERY, J. MONTGOMERY, R. MOORE, HENRY. MOORE, DR. J. MOORE, T. MORE, HANNAH MORGAN, LADY. MORGAN, SIR C. MORIER, J. MORLEY, H.

MORNAY, P. DE.

MORPETH, LORD.

MOSES, THE PROPHET.

MOTHERWELL, W.

MOULTRIE, REV. J.

MOXON, E.

MOYLE, T. N.

MULGRAVE, EARL

MURE, C.

MURSELL, REV. A.

LAW, BISHOP.

LAYARD, A. H.

LEAPOR, MRS.

LEASK, REV. DR.

LEE, D. K.

LEIGHTON, ARCHBISHOP.

LEMON, M.

LEON, LOUIS PONS DE. LEONARDS, LORD ST.

MARTINEAU, HARRIET.

MASSEY, GERALD.

MASSINGER, P.

MASSON, PROFESSOR.

MATTHEW, THE EVANGELIST MAUND, B.

NABBES, T.

NAPOLEON 1.

NAVARRE, QUEEN OF.

NEAL, J.

NEEDHAM, J.

NEELE, H.

NEHEMIAH, THE PROPHET.

NEPOS, CORNELIUS.

NEWCASTLE, DUCHESS OF.

NEWCOMB, HARVEY.

NEWTON, CRADDOCK.

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SPRAT, BISHOP.

STAEL, M. DE.

STANLEY, BISHOP. STAPLETON, SIR R. STARKEY, D. P. STEELE, SIR R.

STEPHEN, SIR J.

STERNE, LAURENCE.

STEWART, DUGALD.

STILLINGFLEET, BISHOP.

STIRLING, EARL OF.

STOWE, MRS. H. B.

STRAFFORD, LORD.

STRETCH, L. M.

SUCKLING, SIR J.

SULLIVAN, MRS.

SULLY, DUKE OF.

SUMNER, ARCHBISHOP.

SWAIN, C.

SWAIN, J.

SWARTZ, C. F.

SWEDENBORG, E.

SWIFT, DEAN.

SYLVESTER, J.

SYME, J. B.

SYMINGTON, A.

TACITUS,

TALFOURD, SIR T. N.

TASSO.

TATE, NAHUM.

TAYLOR, JEREMY.

TAYLOR, S.

TAYLOR, T. R.

TAYLOUR, R.

TEGNER, E.

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WHITE, BLANCO.
WHITE, GILBERT.
WHITE, H. KIRKE.
WHITEHEAD, W.
WHITTIER, J. G.
WILBERFORCE, W.
WILCOX, W.
WILLIS, N. P.

WILLMOTT, REV. R. A.
WILSON, BISHOP.
WILSON, DR. G.

WILSON, PROFESSOR.

WINKLEMAN, J.

WINSLOW, DR. FORBES.

WISEMAN, CARDINAL.

WITHER, GEORGE.

WOGAN, W.

WOLCOT, DR. J.

WOLFE, DR. J.

WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.

WOTTON, SIR H.

WOTY, W.

WRANGHAM, ARCHDEACON.

WYATT, SIR T.

WYLIE, REV. DR.

WYNNE, R.

XENOPHON.

YOUNG, DR. E.

ZIMMERMANN, J. G.

ZOROASTER.

ZSCHOKKE, J. H.

EXTRACTS FROM LITERARY NOTICES

OF

THE FIRST EDITION

OF

MANY THOUGHTS OF MANY MINDS.

THE LONDON PRESS.

"Mr. Southgate publishes the result of an extended ramble through the world of mind in a large volume of selections from all books. Many Thoughts' &c.. are evidently the produce of years of research. The complete absence of literary bias is an admirable qualification for a gatherer. The Many Thoughts,' are here arranged in the form of an analytical dictionary: we look up any subject under the sun, and are pretty sure to find something that has been said-generally well said-upon it; not seldom is it something good, that in our own reading we have overlooked. The indexing is very perfect."—Examiner.

"Many beautiful examples of thought and style are to be found among the selections, a large number of the best authors having been zealously pencilled into paragraphs by the compiler."-Leader.

"Many Thoughts' consists entirely of short quotations from the whole range of English Literature, arranged under the several subjects to which they refer. The book is beautifully got up."-Literary Gazette.

"Mr. Southgate has done good service by compiling this useful volume. The quotations are arranged under the subjects to which they are à propos, and are selected with taste and judgment."-Critic.

"This work contains, upon a moderate computation, from twelve to fifteen thousand Gems of Thought, and these, too, so arranged as to make the work a large Dictionary of Quotations. There can be little doubt that it is destined to take a high place among books of this class."-Notes and Queries.

"This volume is not only a Treasury of Reference, but a treasure to every reader who may be fortunate enough to possess it. Mr. Southgate, to whose elaborate research and judicious gleaning we owe this work, has made it his object to choose his voluminous ex

tracts from a vast variety of authors, with the noble purpose of improving the heart as well as uplifting the intellect. Diversities of taste have been studied, and every kind of style finds its representative;-from Chaucer to Tennyson, from Fuller to Reade, from St. Paul to Thackeray, poets and prose writers, divine and human, of all times and types, are laid under contribution. The book is a delightfully readable one. Its perusal is like inhaling essences; we have the cream only of the great authors quoted. Here all are seeds or gems. We regard this book as one of the most valuable of our recent or remote acquisitions, and we can conceive no general or special reader to whom it will not prove so likewise.”—English Journal of Education.

"Of the Known Great,' a judicious use has been made. Mr. Southgate's reading will be found to extend over nearly the whole known field of literature, ancient and modern."-Gentleman's Magazine.

"A Treasury of Reference it certainly is, in the fullest sense of the phrase; for it is not merely a collection of short extracts in prose and verse from distinguished writers. Here is matter suited to all tastes, and illustrative of all opinions. Morals, politics, philosophy, and solid information are interspersed and relieved with flights of humour and fancy, flowers of poetry, and the terse and sententious apothegms of statesmen and sages. The compiler has judiciously culled his sweets from every source, and thus has succeeded in presenting a complete view of our best writers within the limits of a single quarto volume. Passing, as it does, 'from grave to gay, from lively to severe,' he must indeed be a wayward being who fails to gather from it edification and amusement. We have no hesitation in pronouncing it one of the most important books of the season. Credit is due to the

EXTRACTS FROM LITERARY NOTICES.

publishers for the elegance with which the work is got up, and for the extreme beauty and correctness of the typography."-Morning Chronicle.

"Of the numerous volumes of the kind, we do not remember having met with one in which the selection was more judicious, or the accumulation of treasures so truly wonderful. The beauty of the classification is a feature that enhances its value in an extraordinary degree; the advantage of possessing a storehouse of the gems of literature is increased a hundred-fold by an arrangement that enables the student and inquirer to turn, at his pleasure, to any particular passage or thought. No memory or industry is equal to the task of a thorough inspection of the vast wealth of the great world of letters, and the public must class those who labour as Mr. Southgate has done, amongst their greatest benefactors."-Morning Herald.

"The selection of the extracts has been made with taste, judgment, and critical nicety. No bias or prejudice for particular authors or subjects has been shown. The popular authors of the present day have been laid under contribution to a considerable extent, and the character of the extracts from their writings, proves that they have made most valuable additions to the sentential lore of the country."-Morning Post. "This is a most beautiful book. Nor does the

work less deserve commendation on account of its literary merits. We affirm-and we are sure public opinion will hereafter indorse what we say-that not only does this volume contain throughout proofs of an untiring industry and of an intimate acquaintance with English Literature, both of the present day and of past times, but that the selections are, in most cases, made with much taste and judgment. arrangement, too, is excellent. Mr. Southgate's extensive research and happy selections will, we feel assured, be, as the book becomes known, duly appreciated by the public.”—Morning Advertiser.

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"It is a rare treat nowadays to notice such a work as this, when, for the most part, the heart is second to the eye, whilst all sorts of authors are illustrated, and the old saw of pour attraper la canaille rules the roast. We would scorn to decry the issue of beautiful books with the attractive pictures of great artists, both with pencil and graver; but let the knowledge that a book such as this exists, in its most delicious dress of good everything,-in, about, and around, and if the million love a good book, a nice book, but,

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"This work possesses the merit of being a magnificent Gift book, appropriate to all times and seasons. The compilation of this vast mass of literary materials must have occupied Mr. Southgate many years; the result is a work of reference in every way ample but not redundant, of decidedly high literary excellence, yet never crabbed or pedantic; and though of an agreeable and genial character throughout, nevertheless, a book calculated to be of use to the scholar, the divine, or the public man. Henceforth no library can be considered perfect without it, it being at once a ready book of reference to a quotation, and a valuable index to the works of our standard authors."-Freemasons' Magazine.

"Right well has Mr. Southgate executed his selfimposed task, for the volume before us contains more gems of thought, refined sentiments, noble axioms, and extractable sentences, than have ever before been brought together in our language All previous compilations of the sort are pigmies, alike in comprehen- ! siveness and in bulk, when compared with this. The plan and system of the book, we repeat, are perfect."—

Field.

"This really is what it purports to be, a Treasury of Reference, and will be found to be worth its weight in gold by literary men. Classification and analysis have been closely observed, to give facility for refer ence to any general subject; and this the searcher will find illustrated in its various phases by, for the most part, distinguished writers. It is one of those books in which there is always something to discover." -Builder.

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"All that the poet has described of the beautiful in ! nature and art, all the wit that has flashed from pregnant minds; all the axioms of experience, the collected wisdom of philosopher and sage, are garnered into one heap of useful and well-arranged instruction and amusement. Every subject, on every relation of life, every attribute of the mind, or emotion of the heart, finds here a place, an application, and an i instance from poet, sage, historian, or divine. To the student in search of abstract facts, this book, from its analytical arrangement, becomes a lexicon reduced to the concise limits of a vade mecum. To the curious

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