COMPLETE WORKS. Dramatic and Poetical, with the "Epistle Dedicatorie", and the Address prefixed to the edition of 1623, a Sketch of the Life of the Poet, by Alexander Chalmers, A. M., and Glossarial and other Notes and References. Edited by George Long Duyckink. With twelve full-page tinted Illustrations, designed by Nicholson, a superb portrait on steel, from the celebrated Droeshout picture, and beautiful engraved title, on steel. 976 pp. Imperial 8vo. Cloth, extra, gilt back, $3.75; sheep, library style, $7.50.
FINE EDITION OF THE ABOVE, on extra calendered paper, with the addition of a History of the Early Drama and Stage to the time of Shakspeare, a full and comprehensive Life, by J. Payne Collier, A. M., Shakspeare's Will, critical and historical Introductions to each play, and thirty-five full page tinted engravings, from designs by Nicholson, a superb portrait on steel from the celebrated Droeshout picture, and beautiful engraved title on steel. Imperial 8vo. 1084 pages. Half calf, gilt, $8.75; full Turkey morocco, $10.00.
POEMS AND SONNETS. With a fine engraving on steel. 32mo. Cloth, 60 ets; illuminated side, 90 ets.; Turkey morocco, $1.50.
RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY: consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and other pieces of the earlier poets, with some of later date, not included in any other edition. To which is now added a Supplement of many Curious Historical and Narrative Ballads, reprinted from rare copies, with a copious glossary and notes. New edition, uniform with the above. 538 pp. Imperial 8vo. Two steel plates. Fine cloth, bev. bds., gilt, $3.75; sheep, library style, $4.50; full Turkey morocco, $10.00.
"But, above all, I then first became acquainted with Bishop Percy's
Reliques of Ancient Poetry. . . . . I remember well the spot where I
read these volumes for the first time. It was beneath a huge plantanus
tree, in the ruins of what had been intended for an old-fashioned arbor, in
the garden I have mentioned. The summer day sped around so fast, that
notwithstanding the sharp appetite of thirteen, I forgot the hour of dinner,
was sought for with anxiety and was still found entranced in my
intellectual banquet. To read and to remember was in this instance the
same thing, and henceforth I overwhelmed my schoolfellows, and all who
would hearken to me, with tragical recitations from the ballads of Bishop
Percy. The first time I could scrape a few shillings together, which were
not common occurrences with me, I bought unto myself a copy of these two
beloved volumes, nor do I believe I ever read a book half so frequently, or
with half the enthusiasm."—Memoirs of his Early Life, by Sir Walter Scott prefixed to Lockhart's Life of Scott.
LORD BYRON.
COMPLETE WORKS. Prose and Poetry. With five engravings on steel. Imp. 8vo. Sheep, library style, $4.50; Turkey morocco, antique, $10.00.
"If the finest poetry be that which leaves the deepest impression on the
minds of its readers,—and this is not the worst test of its excellence,—Lord
Byron, we think, must be allowed to take precedence of all his distinguished
contemporaries. 'Words that breathe, and thoughts that burn,' are not
merely ornaments, but the common staple of his poetry; and he is not inspired
or impressive only in some happy passages, but through the whole
body and tissue of his composition."—Lord Jeffrey, Edinburgh Review.
THE MORAL AND BEAUTIFUL IN THE POEMS OF LORD BYRON. Edited by Rev. Walter Colton. 32mo. Cloth, 60 ets.; illuminated side, 90 ets.; Turkey morocco, $1.50.
