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LORD BYRON and his CONTEMPORARIES. By Leigh Hunt.

'Tis for slaves to lie, and for freemen to speak truth.—Montaigne. THE CORRESPONDENCE AND DIARIES OF HENRY HYDE, EARL of CLARENDON, and LAWRENCE HYDE, EARL of ROCHESTER. Published from the Original Manuscripts, with Notes. By S. W. Singer, F.S.A. In 2 vols. 4to. Illustrated with Portraits, copied from the Originals, (by permission of the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon,) and other Engravings.

AN OCTAVO EDITION of the DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S. Secretary to the Admiralty in the reigns of Charles II. and James II., and the intimate friend of the celebrated John Evelyn. Edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke. In 5 vols. embellished with Portraits and other Engravings.

"There is much (in Pepys's Diary) that throws a distinct and vivid light over the picture of England and its Government, during the ten years succeeding the Restoration.

"If, quitting the broad path of history, we look for minute information concerning ancient manners and customs, the progress of arts and sciences, and the various branches of antiquity, we have never seen a mine so rich as the volumes before us. The variety of Pepys's tastes and pursuits led him into almost every department of life. He was a man of business; a man of information, if not of learning; a man of taste; a man of whim; and, to a certain degree, a man of pleasure. He was a statesman, a bel-esprit, a virtuoso, and a connoisseur. His curiosity made him an unwearied, as well as an universal learner; and whatever he saw, found its way into his tables.”—Quarterly Review.

The DIARY and LETTERS of JOHN EVELYN, Esq., the celebrated Author of Sylva," &c.; with the Private Correspondence between King Charles I., Sir Edward Nicolas, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir Richard Browne, &c. &c. Edited by W. BRAY, Esq., F.S.A., &c. New Edition, in 5 vols. 8vo., with Portraits and other Plates, price 31. 10s.

The LIVES of the Right Hon. FRANCIS NORTH, BARON GUILFORD, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal under King Charles II. and King James II.; the Hon. Sir DUDLEY NORTH, Commissioner of the Treasury to King Charles II.; and the Hon. and Rev. Dr. JOHN NORTH, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Clerk of the Closet to King Charles II. In 3 vols. 8vo. with Portraits. Price 36s.

"The Diaries of Pepys and Evelyn have presented us with illustrations of the characters and times of the Restoration; and these volumes detail, with minuteness and fidelity, every great political transaction which occurred in the later years of Charles the Second's reign, and during the short government of his successor. Of the interesting character of that period- one of the most singular and important of our history'-we are now abundantly informed, since the Lives of the Norths develope the intrigues of James and his partisans, and give us a complete and candid exposition of the objects with which James ascended the throne.

"This work is an essential link in the chain of English History; and is indispensable to the higher classes of libraries.”—Gent. Mag.

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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BRITISH CHARACTERS deceased since the Accession of George IV.; comprising two hundred and thirty subjects, chronologically arranged, with a List of their engraved Portraits. By WILLIAM MILLER. Handsomely printed in 2 vols. 4to., price 31. 3s. Twenty-five copies only on large Paper, price 101.

"My motive is not to eulogise the dead, by giving a false varnish to glaring defects: it appears to me more useful to society to draw Nature as she is; to display the defects as well as the beauties; and to show, not by imaginary surmises, but by palpable and undisguised acts, what a mixture of inconsistencies MANKIND is: and if, in this chronological series of recently living Characters, there should be found some few in elevated life, whose glaring vices I have ventured to paint in the honest colouring of indignant truth, let no ungenerous motive be attributed. The instances are not numerous: they, thank God! seldom occur in this country; but whenever decency, decorum, and public opinion are thus, in broad day, set at defiance, the posthumous character of the bold perpetrators cannot be too openly exposed to the scorn and contempt of the rising generation."-Author's Preface.

The LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of EDWARD JENNER, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., Physician Extraordinary to the King, &c. &c. By JOHN BARON, M.D., F.R.S. In one large volume 8vo., with Portrait, price 188.

This Work has been composed from the most authentic sources; the whole of the Papers and Correspondence of Dr. Jenner having been placed in the author's hands by the executors in consequence of his uninterrupted and confidential intercourse and friendship with that distinguished individual during the last fifteen years of his life.

IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS of LITERARY MEN and STATESMEN. By WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. The Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, in 2 vols. 8vo. 288.

CONTENTS. Richard I. and the Abbot of Boxley.-The Lord Brooke and Sir Philip Sydney.-King Henry IV. and Sir Arnold Savage.-Southey and Porson. Oliver Cromwell and Walter Noble.-Eschines and Phocian.Queen Elizabeth and Cecil.-King James I. and Isaac Casaubon.-Marchese Pallavicini and Walter Landor.-General Kleber and some French Officers.— Bishop Burnet and Humphrey Hardcastle.-Peter Leopold and the President Du Paty.-Demosthenes and Eubulides.-Bonaparte and the President of the Senate. The Abbé Delille and Walter Landor.-The Emperor Alexander and Capo d'Istria.-Kosciusko and Poniatowski.-Middleton and Magliabechi.— Milton and Andrew Marvel.-Washington and Franklin.-Roger Ascham and the Lady Jane Grey.-Lord Bacon and Richard Hooker.-General Lacy and the Curate Merino.-Pericles and Sophocles.-Louis XIV. and Père la Chaise. -Samuel Johnson and Horne Tooke.-Cavaliere Puntomichino and Mr. Denis Eusebius Talcranagh.—Andrew Hofer, Count Metternich, and the Emperor Francis. David Hume and John Home.-Prince Mavrocordato and General Colocotroni.-Alfieri and Salomon, the Florentine Jew.-Lopez Banos and Romero Alpuente.-Lord Chesterfield and Lord Chatham.Aristoteles and Callisthenes.-Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn.-Marcus Tullius Cicero and his Brother, Quinctus.

THE CLUBS of LONDON, with ANECDOTES of their MEMBERS, SKETCHES of CHARACTER and CONVERSATIONS. In 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

Among its numerous Anecdotes, this Work contains reminiscences not only of the wits, politicians, and bon-vivants, contemporary with Fox and Sheridan, whose most brilliant days were during the early manhood of His present Majesty, when Prince of Wales (who also figures in its pages), but comprehends Sketches and particulars of living Members of the Clubs.