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Show 2 LEA & BLANCHARD'S NEW PUBLICATIONS. KENNEDY'S LIFE OF wmT. CHE'APER EDIT~N, NOW READY. MEMOIRS Of THE LIFE OF WILLIAM WIRT. BY JOHN P. KENNEDY. SECOND EDITION, REVISED. In two large and handsome 12mo. volumes, with a Portrait and fac-simile of' a Jetter from John Adams. ALSO, A handsome Llbl.·o.ry Edition, ln •-wo beo.ntiCully printed octavo voluJD.es. The whole of Mr. Wirt's Papers, CorrespoQdence, Diaries, &c., having been placed in the hands of Mr. Kennedy, to be ueed in this work: it will be found to contain much that is new and interesti ng relative to the political history of the umes, as well as to t\le private life of Mr. Wirt The exceedingly favorable manner in which this work baa been everywhere received. havingxapidly exhausted tile first edition, the publishers have pleasure in presenting a. second, revised, in a smaller form and at a lower price. Jn so doing, they have been desirous to meet the wishes of many with whom its former cost was a:n obfection. T1t its present neat &nd convenient form, the work is eminently fitted tp'assume the position wbich it merits as a IJook for every parlor· table and for every fire-side where there is am apprecjat10n of the kindliness and manliness, the intellect and the affection, the wit and l1veliness which rendered ''V illiam Wirt at once so eminent in the world, so brilliant in society, and so lovmg and loved in the retirement of h,ts domestic circle. Uniting all these attractions, it cannot [ail to find a place in every private and public library, and in all collections of books for the use of schools ani! college• j for t'he young can have before them no brighter example pfwhat can be aecomphshed by iudustry and resolutioq, than tbe life of WiJiiam Wirt, as unconsciously related by hiT~~self in tlle•e volumes. The approbation bestowed upon this work by the press hn• be.en universal. From among twmerous recommendatory notiee.s, tile pubhshers submit a few. One of the most valuable books of the season, and certainly one of the mosl entertaining works ever published in this country. Mr. Kennedy is admirably qualttied fOr the preparatiorl of s)lch a work, and has evidently had access to a great variety of useful material. The work is one which should be in the hands of every young man in the eounny. Its intrinsieiuterest will secure it a very general popularity.-N. Y. Courier and Enquirer. The fascinating letters of Mr. Wirt, one of the most brilliant and agreeable men of the day, in themselves furnish a rich fund of instruction and enjQyment.- Richm'd l•tg. This work has been looked for with mu.ch ip.tere&t by the public, and wil( nQt<\isappoint the high expectations justly based upvn the well-known !~Ients o(the author, :md 1he a])undant m&terials left by the disrlnguished orator and jLnist, to wh1ch he has. had free access.-Baltimore Ame7ica••· The style is at once vigorous and fascinating, and the interest of the most absorbing cb aracter.- P/l.iladelphia Inquirer. Mr. Kennedy js one of the very finest of American writers. Be never touches a subject that he d0esnot ~Ptn-and it is fortl)na(e fortbeme111oryofMr. Wirt that the history of his life has fall en wto such hanc\s. The publishers have performed thei r task in excellent style. The paper anu the type are good, and the whole getting up is adrnir~>l>le.-.R;cltmond Whig. pa~~f~R~~g~ h~itl:~~~l~~,S;t":;.g~~h:~o~i~f,l~~~~l>~~~ ~:!,'ii~~Jt~ftl:,~Itude~~il11~~ to the perfect picJure of the gre;J.t man wllo held for twelve years the important otlice oi Attorne-y-General of tl1ese United States. Inwoven with the biographical auecdotes, letters, ap.d speeches, are elucidatory threads that guide the reader to a. better understanding of various mauers of history, at)d give a general and permanent value to the. WO,l'k. A fine portrait is pre6~ed to the first volume, a.nd a curious fac-~imile of a letter from John Arlarn.s is gtve11 in the second.-N, Y. Commercial Advertiser. p~~~:~~:~a:p~~~a~o~dse ~fcf;t,}; ~~ov~~~~J"~fsr~~~.fr~~~a~:d f~j~;:d ~h~ ~~i~f(, grace, 'lnd humor of his previous writings. He has properly adopted the pla..n of 1)1aking Mr. WLRT speak (or hiT~~selr, whenever this was possible. ''V e have, accordingly, a large body qf his leu er~, showing hiT~~ in e-very possible attitude,, during almost ~i:~:..~r~~~ ~~~~~~i~~' ~~~ii!,;;s~Y~ft: i':;t~~~~~~w ~b.~sr~;;e~~ t~ ;ir~~u~~~ct~'ifJ8b: apt to peruse these pages with a sensil;>le sympathy. They Jllustrate the progress of ~';:'~j;~t~~~h~~~g~~~ ~~':ig :~~ell~~~~~ st~ulfe~ef;:,ti','h p~~~~ty~J~~~t\'e a~~~~~~·.~'!~ well as interesting history.- Charleston Mercury. |