VI. TRAGEDIES AND POEMS. BY T. NOON TALFOUrd. VII. LALLA ROOKH. BY THOMAS MOORE. A new edition. VIII. THE EPICUREAN. BY THOMAS MOORE. A new edition. IX. POEMS AND ORATIONS OF CHARLES SPRAGUE. X. COMPLETE WORKS OF FELICIA HEMANS. And Essay by Mrs. SIGOURNEY. In seven volumes. Large type XI. ANOTHER EDITION OF MRS. HEMANS' COMPLETE WORKS. XII. JULIAN; OR SCENES IN JUDEA BY THE AUTHOR OF ZENOBIA. XIII. LETTERS FROM NEW YORK. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XIV. LETTERS FROM NEW YORK. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XV. MENTAL AND MORAL CULTURE AND BY S. S. RANDALL. XVI. A NEW HOME-WHO 'LL FOLLOW? BY MRS. KIRKLAND. XVII. THE MOTHER'S BOOK. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XVIII. POETICAL WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. In seven volumes. With illustrations. XIX. GOOD WIVES. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XX. SORROWS OF ROSALIE, AND OTHER POEMS. BY MRS. NORTON. XXI. THE UNDYING ONE, AND OTHER POEMS. BY MRS. NORTON. XXII. MEMOIRS OF MADAME DE STAEL AND OF MADAME ROLAND. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XXIII. POEMS OF THOMAS CAMPBELL. COMPLETE. A new edition. XXIV. THE WISDOM AND GENIUS OF SHAKSPERE. BY REV. THOMAS PRICE. XXV. WARRENIANA. With Notes-Critical and Explanatory. XXVI. DRAMAS ON THE PASSIONS. BY JOANNA BAILLIE. XXVII. POEMS OF JOANNA BAILLIE. XXVIII. MEMOIRS OF LADY RUSSELL AND OF MADAME GUION. BY L. MARIA CHILD. XXIX. SPECIMENS OF THE EARLY ENGLISH POETS. BY GEORGE ELLIS. XXX. LEGENDS OF LAMPIDOSA, AND SECRETS OF CABALISM. XXXI. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' DISCOURSES ON PAINTING. Mrs. Norton's Poems. THE DREAM AND OTHER POEMS: BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON. "This lady is the Byron of our modern poetesses. She has very much of that in tense personal passion by which Byron's poetry is distinguished from the large. grasp and deeper communion of Wordsworth. She has also Byron's beautiful intervals of tenderuess, his strong practical thought, and his forcible expression. It is not an artificial imitation, but a natural parallel; and we may add, that it is this, her latest production, which especially induces, and seems to us to justify, our criticism. "The Dream is a very beautiful poem, the frame-work of which is simply a lovely mother watching over a lovely daughter asleep; which daughter dreams, and when awaked tells her dream; which dream depicts the bliss of a first love and an early union, and is followed by the mother's admonitory comment, import ing the many accidents to which wedded happiness is liable, and exhorting to moderation of hope, and preparation for severe duties. It is in this latter portion of the poem that the passion and the interest assume a personal hue; and passages occur which sound like javelins hurled by an Amazon."-Quarterly Review. "We find it difficult to overstate the deep interest we have taken in this volume, or the mingled sentiments of admiration, sympathy, and respect with which we offer to the writer our very sincere, though very imperfect praise."—Examiner. THE CHILD OF THE ISLANDS: A POEM. "There can be no question that the performance bears throughout the stamp of extraordinary ability-the sense of easy power very rarely deserts us.' But we pause on the bursts of genius; and they are many The exquisite beauty of the verses is worthy of the noble womanly feelings expressed in them. We wish we had room for a score more of these masterly sketches-but we hope we have given enough, not to excite attention, for that such gifts employed with such energy must at once command, even were the name on the title-page a new one-but enough to show that we have not observed with indifference this manifestation of developed skill-this fairest wreath as yet won in the service of the graver Muses for the name of SHERIDAN."-Quarterly Review. "This is poetry, true poetry, and of the sort we unfeignedly approve-the genuine product of a cultivated mind, a rich fancy, and a warm, well regulated heart. The aim is noble, the tone elevated, the train of thought refined and chastened, though singularly fearless, the choice of images and illustrations, judicious, and the language often beautiful, and always clear. "We find in almost every page of this elegant volume, some bold burst, graceful allusion, or delicate touch;-some trait of external nature, or glimpse into the recesses of the heart-that irresistibly indicates the creating or transfiguring power of genius."-Edinburgh Review. "Under cover of addressing the young Prince of Wales, Mrs. Norton has written a very beautiful poem upon the great domestic question of the day-the condition of the people.. .... The poem is divided into four parts-Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter. No connected story binds them together, but a succession of remarkably pleasing pictures from nature are presented to the mind."-Times. In preparation, and will be shortly issued, BY THE SAME AUTHOR : SORROWS OF ROSALIE, and other Poems. TRAGEDIES, SONNETS, AND VERSES: BY T. NOON TALFOURD. Price 50 cents. "This is the first complete American edition of Talfourd's Plays and Poems. It will meet with a hearty welcome from his admirers, and their name is Legion.'" Com. Adv. "Talfourd is a thoughtful and purely classic writer, and this new volume is indeed an addition to the select library." Boston Transcript. "Talfourd's poems are too well known to require praise. A chaste, elevated, and even style-a perfect model of grace and melody; and withal pervaded by a generous and humane philosophy." New Haven Herald. "A most acceptable addition to the truly choice reading of the day. If the volume contained only 'Ion' alone, it would be worth twice the price at which it is sold, to any reader of pure and classic taste." Knickerbocker. "This remarkable poem (Ion) has justly called to itself more attention than any other work of the times. It has given more pleasure to the reader, and more fame to the writer, than all the red-hot productions of the intense school put together." N. Amer. Review. "Ion is an eminently chaste and poetical creation, graceful and polished in its style, pure and elevated in its sentiments, full of thoughts, which, without being forced, appear original, and adorned with images of great beauty." Edin. Review. MEMOIR OF FELICIA HEMANS: With an Essay on her Genius; by Mrs. Sigourney. "Who that has read, and re-read with fresh delight, the works of a gifted mind, does not long to become familiar with the private life of the writer? Who, of all the poetesses now living, could pen so truthful an essay on the genius of Mrs. Hemans, as Mrs. Sigourney ?" Albany Spectator. "These memoirs, from a sister's hand, with their authenticity, combine all those attractive graces of style and language peculiar to the tracings of a female pen." Eve. Journal. "A well-written biography, prefaced by a beautiful Essay on the genius of Mrs. Hemans, from the pen of Mrs. Sigourney." Com. Adv. LALLA ROOKH : AN ORIENTAL ROMANCE. BY THOMAS MOORE. A beautiful Edition, on fine paper and large type. Price 37 cents. This exquisite poem is so well known, and its reputation so fully established, that notices of it would be superfluous. It is sufficient to say, in the words of Professor Wilson, that, "This poem, from the hand of beyond all comparison, the most ingenious, brilliant, and fanciful poet of the present age, is the most beautiful and characteristic of his compositions." |