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Show 16 MR. COLBURN'S LIST. Now in course of publication, in Monthly Shilling Parts, printed and embellished uniformly with "Nicholas Nicklcby," &c. THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, THE FACTORY BOY. BY MRS. T R 0 L L 0 P E. "We are exceedingly glad that Mrs. Trollope has devoted the energies of her powerful and fertile mind to the production of tllis at once striking, amusing, and useful work. Without aJ:Jy desire to depreciate tl1e value of similar productions, we cannot but consider this as infinitely more valuable than any which we have yet seen."-llletropotitan Conservative Jottnwt. wo"rTkh. e friends to the abolition of slavery on the British soil have a powerful auxiliary in this "-B•·istol Jottrnal. "This will be a very popular work ; from the spirited dialogue and shrewd observation, as well as the pungency of remark that characterize it. The etchings by Hcrvieu are capital."- Caleduniltn lllercur71. "Mrs. Trollope wields a powerful pen, and has got a strong hold upon popular feeling. Her work is admirably written, and sells enormously."-Jo/m Bull. "This number (II.) contains more than one clever dialogue, as full of life as the best in 'Nicholas Nickleby.' "-Sun. NOW IN COURSE OF PUBLICATION, IN OCCASIONAL VOLUMES, PRICE ONLY 6s. EACH BOUND, Printed uniformly with Byron and Scott, and beautifully embellished with the Portraits of the Authors, and other Engravings, by the Findens anrl other eminent Artists. COLBURN'S STANDARD NOVELISTS, A SELECT COLT.IWTION OF frbt lltrJt m1JorkrJ of §ictton OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ENGLISH WRITERS, WHICH CANNOT BE FROCURED IN ANY OTHER COLLECTION. THE Proprietor of the Series here announced having had the good fortune to publish a very large proportion of the most masterly modern works of Fiction-such as have become incorporated with the literature of the country,-is obviously placed in the most favourable position for a11 undertaking of this nature ; and he has determined that no composition of inferior and ephemeral charactet· shall be admitted into the collection; but that those works alone which have received the stamp of unequivocal public approbation, and which may be read from time to time with still recurring pleasure and pt·ofit, shall constitute the Series. Works which have already appeared In the above Collection. srn E. L. BULWER's PELHAM I CAPT. MA~RYAT's FRANK MILDMAY SIIL E. L. llUI.WER's DISOWNED MR. HOOKS SAYINGS AND DOINGS SIR E. L. BULWER's DEVEREUX (FirstSeries) Mil. WARD's TREMAINE MR. HOOK's SAYINGS AND DOINGS MR. SMITH's BRAMDLETYE HOUSE I (Second Series) MR. HOOK's SAYINGS AND DOINGS MR. LISTER's GRANBY (Third Series) LADY MORGAN's o'DONNEL MR. JAMES's RICHELIEU LADY MORGAN's FLORENGE MACARTHY " 'Colburn's Modern Novelists' present a selies of those works of fiction that have most tended, with the writings of Sir Walter Scott, to elevate this description of literature. This publication presents a concentration of in1aginative gem us. "-Globe. • * • Due notice will be given qf the f!tlure appearance of each new volume of thisworll. T. C. Savill, Printer, 107, St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross. s \ |