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Show ------~------------------------------------ 6 MR. COLBURN'S LIST OF ~~----------~~~------------------------ XIX. LORD BROUGHAM'S OPINIONS ON POLITICS, THEOLOGY, LAW, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, LITERATURE, ETC. WITH A MEMOIR OF HIS LORDSHIP'S J,IFE. Onl.' very thick and closely-pr,m ted vo 1u rn e , price 12s. bound. . . . i Lordship's opinions and practical "The design of this volume is to afford a co~e.ctlve VIew 0!sh f~om his celebrated speeches ond ob'ects It embodies not only the most brilliant passag t of his mind on those great queswAtings, but also unfolds to the r.eader ~he g~!l~llfe~;ve~og~:~c au c~untries al'_ld au. a~es znusj tions in politics, literature, and sCience,~ w ~c d refatory memoir, wluch ~I~ e oun. ever take a lively interest. To the selections IS pr~:: b:sp hitherto appeared, contammg p~rtimore complete, acc~rate, and elaborate, ft~fn a:;Je advanced, life, with a pbilosophical analysis of culars of his Lordship's early, and also 0 s m . . his mind and writings." t b f 'ntlnite service, by teaching its readers to think, and think J.U "STtlyh, iosn v olume is caltcnl~~~loqu~~ti~ns of the day."-Sun. all the grea po xx. A SECOND SERIES OF RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LORDS AND COMMONS. By the Author of u THE BENCH AND THE BAR," "THE GnEAT METROPOLis," &c. 2 vols, post 8vo, 2ls. • · 11 instructive Mr Grant has here furnished " This work is exceedingly e.nter;a~mg, a\ w~ oS: Queen Vict~ria's ·Parliament. In the Lords the public with a set of porl;I'ruts f ~ 1 e ::;em a':d those not particularly described in his former we have all the new hereditary egis a r~hlb't d and a very correct and impartial estimate of twhoeirrk ;p otwheerns aalnl dt haeb i~li~ti~e sm gei.Vmebne,r s fraor ! ~he ~:ator in embryo to the full-fledged stager·"Caledonian Mercury. XXI. TI-IE BENCH AND THE BAR. By the Author of" RANDOM REcOLLECTIONS OF THE LollDS AND CoMMONs," " THE GREAT METltOl'OLrs," &c. New and Cheaper Edition. 2 vols. post 8vo, price 18s. · · th reader can catch a glimpse of all the leading members "In these volum.es, as ~a ~0 ~~ hi~hiy interesting, and will circulate extensively. The ~~e~:ol:;~:h~:~:~~~:Ct:r:J~, a~d happily introduced. "-Sun. XXII. DR. JENNER'S LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE. 'BY JOHN BARON, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Now first published complete, in 2 vols. 8vo, with PoRTRAITs, 24s. (Vol. 2 may be had separately to complete sets.) ill b valuable as illustrations of the history of Qne of " To medic~ men ~he~e vol1pne~ w . e~~ihe enera'l reader will feel the greatest interest in the g:eatest ?tscoverti~es m/~:rr s~e~ce We know ~f very few books more pleasingly writte~1, or the biOgraphical po on ° e w r · h h dl b aiel in praise of Dr Jeru1er's pnvate more likely to be of public b~ne!fu ~~~~~~e ~~to:; of h~ 51ife will be sure to. find himself t~e charac~er,;n~n ev:;:n~n: {e.; hour~ in such company. We wish, for the sake of the public, ~::~r w~~e ~orl such biographies."-Times. XXlli. THE VETERAN OR :F'ORTY YEARS IN THE BRITISH SERVICE. BY CAPT~IN JOHN HARLEY, late Paymaster, 47th Regiment. 2 vols. post 8vo, price 21s. bound. "This work will afford much amusement to military readers ; it is full of anecdotes of the mess-table and the barracks."-Times. NEW PUBLICATIONS. XXIV. RECOLLECTIONS OF CAULINCOURT, DUKE OF VICENZA. 2 vols. 8vo, lAs. 7 " This is one of the very few works that are destinctl to acquire more than an ephemeral reputation. We have perused it with great interest, and look upon it as one of great historical value. It may be said to be the first that has done full justice to Napoleon's real character as a st::ttesman ancl as a man. A work s.uch as t~1is. was wanting to the completion of the portrayal of Napoleon's chru·acter. We find an mterest 10 1t far beyond any produced by any other memoir writer of the period. "-Courier. XXV. EVENINGS WITH PRINCE CAMBACERES, SECOND CONSUL, &c. B Y B A R 0 N LAN G 0 N . 2 vols. 8vo, with PoRTRAITs of NAPOLEON & CAli!BIICERES, price 28s. " This work contains many revelations little inferior in interest to those contained in the famous ' Voice from St. Helena.' "-Sun. "A more amusing and agreeable book than this it would be difficult to find. The indolent man of pleasure and the curious man of letters will both read it with interest. "-liioming l'ost. XXVI. MEMOIRS OF SIR CHARLES SHAW, K.C.T.S. WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, And comprising a Narrative oftha War in Portugal and Spain, from its Commencement in 1831 to the Dissolution of the British Legion in 1837. 2 vols. 8vo, with PoRTRAITS of AmmRAL NAriEI~ & GENERAL EvANs, 28s. "Colonel Shaw writes as a soldier should write-candidly, fearlessly, and vigorously. His volumes deserve to be reacl with the deepest attention, as tending to throw an entirely new light on a subject hitherto impel'fectly understood.''-Sundcty Times. XXVII. VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND'S SKETCHES OF THE LITERATURE OF ENGLAND. 2nd Edition. 2 vols. Svo, 24s. "There has not appeared, for a long time, any work so calculated to pique the curiosity of the literary world as this new production of the celebrated Chatcaubriand, in which he discusses the merits of Shakspeare, Milton, Byron, and the whole galaxy of ancient a;; well as modern English writers; drawing tl1e most curious comparisons and analogies.''-G/ubc. XXVIII. THE NAVAL KEEPSAKE. fn one vol. (containing ns much matter as in two octavos), elegautly hound, with gilt edges, and Illustrations, prica only 7s. 6d., NEW LIFE OF NELS ON; WITH ORIGINAL ANECDOTES, ETC. BY THE OLD SAILOR. " Should be in the hands of every seaman.''-NctVal and ll!ilitary Gu:::ette. " It is the fullest recital we possess. "-Atlas. " A perfect treasure to every nautical man.''-Stmdny Times. " Written with great spirit.''-Sun. "An admirably written life of Nelson."-John B·ull. "Among the prettiest present books of tho season.''- Court Jow"nal. |