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LITERARY EMPORIUM,
History of Napoleon Bonaparte , translated from the French of M. Laurent de L’Ardeche, with fiv#hundred spirited illustratious, afterdesigns by Horace Vcrnet, and twenty original portraits engrav«4ju the best style. Complete in two handsome volumes, octavo, about five hundred pages each.
This Life of Napoleon , which is now offeved to the public, is built up and composed from the samt*original authorities as thuse consulted by previous historians and biogvaphers; with the assistano%also, of :he substantive works of the latter, and of all important works since pnblished, or now lacourse oi publication. From careful abstracts and references ; from a dispassionate balancing of 4 msingle and collective facts, Statements, opinions and conjectural probabilities, occasionally foun.d kldirect cpposition among authorities of equal influence and validity, the author has sought to attain afixed equilibrium of general truth. It has not been attempted to g’ive a History of France in the stormytime of the Revolution, orinthe successive periods of the Directory, the Consulate, or the Empir ®.The v.olent feelings of the English public havingnow passed awav, a period has already commenced fartlie eiercise of a temperate judgment. The author has also endeavoured not to forestall time, bronAtheor.es, or dispense censure or praise. The deep-searching and far-spreading investigations, int*whicn an attempt to form an opinitm concerning the consequences and results of his actions would lead,«ouW not be undertaken without a comprehensive study and voluminous exposition of the moral andpoliticul world and its various mutatiuns ; tliey consequently form no pavt of the present design.
TLe Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, by Daniel De Foe , with a Memoir of the Authw,and an Essay on his Writings, illustrated with three hundred spirited Engravings by the celebraUdFrench artist Grandville , forming one elegant volume, octavo, of 500 pages.
“ Was there ever any thing written by mere man that the reader wished longer, except Robins®*«Crusoe, Duo Quixotte, and the Pilgrim’s Progress ?”— Dr. Johnson.
“ How happy that this, the most moral of romunces, is not only the most charming of books, but th®«nost instructive.”— A. Chalmers.
*‘ No fiction in any language was ever better supported than these Adventures of Robinson Cruso®.“—Dr. Blair.
“ Crusoe has obtained a ready passport lo the mansions of the rieh, and the cottages of the poor, aijdcommunicated equal delight to all ranks and classes of the community. Few works have been mof®geuerally reud, or more justly admired ; few that have yielded such incessant amusement, and, at th®same time, have de^eloped so many lessons of practical instruction.”— Sir W. Scott.
PICTORIAL V1CAR OF WAKEFIELD.
The Vicar of Wakefield, By Oliver Goldsmith , eleganlly illustrated with 108 Engravings, makingabeautiful volume, octavo, of about 350 pages.
“ This tale is the lasting monument of Goldsmith ’s genius, his great legaey of pleasure to geneirmtions past, present, and to come.”— Examiner.
“ Goldsmith , both in verse and prose, was one of the most delightful writers in the language. Hi?verse llows like a limpid stveam. His ease is quite unconscious. Every thing in him is spontaneou%unstudied, unaffected, yet elegant, harmonious, graceful, and nearly faultless.”— Hazlitt .
GEMS FROM TRAVELLERS.
Illustrative ot various passages in Holy Scripture, with nearly one hundred exquisite Engraving*Among the authorities quoted will be found the following distinguished names : Harmer, Laborde^Lane, Madden, Clarke, Pococke, Cliandler, Malcom, Hartley, Russell, Jowitt, Carne, Shawe,. M(erier, Neibuhr, Bruce, Calmet, II. Blunt, Belzoni, Lord Lindsay, &c. &c.
This exquisite volume , so beautiful asan Ornament to the centve table, will assist to a clearer percep-tion of the beauty, propriety, and truth of the Holy Scripture, than any other wirk ever pubLished.