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WACE (MASTER), HIS CHRONICLE OF THE NORMAN CONQUEST, from the Roman de Rou. Translated into English Prose, with Notes and Illustrations, by Edgar Taylor, F.SA. 8vo, many engravings from the Bayeux Tapestry, Norman Architecture, Illuminations, &c. Cloth, 15s. (pub. at £1. 8s.)

above low price, in consequence of the death of Mr. Pickering; hitherto no copies have been sold under the published price.

Only 250 copies printed, and very few remain unsold; the remaining copies are now in J. R. Smith's hands, and are offered at the LIFE, PROGRESSES, AND REBELLION OF JAMES, DUKE OF MONMOUTH, &c., to his Capture and Execution, with a full account of the Bloody Assize, and copious Biographical Notices. By George Roberts. 2 vols. post 8vo, plates and cuts, new, extra cloth, 9s. (original price £1. 4s.)

Two very interesting volumes, particularly so to those connected with the West of England.

light is thrown on his personal history, by papers exhibiting him as selling Malt, Stone, &c. Of the seventy-six engravings which illustrate the volume, more than fifty have never before been engraved.

It is the only Life of Shakespeare to be bought separately from his works.

A NEW LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE, including many particulars respecting the Poet and his Family, never before published. By J. O. Halliwell, F.R.S., &c. In one handsome volume, 8vo, illustrated with 76 engravings on wood, of objects, most of which are new, from drawings by Fairholt. Cloth, 15s. This work contains upwards of forty do. cuments respecting Shakespeare and his family, never before published, besides numerous others indirectly illustrating the Poet's biography. All the anecdotes and traditions concerning Shakespeare are here, for the first time, collected, and much new SHAKESPERIANA.-A Catalogue of the Early Editions of Shakespeare's Plays, and of the Commentaries and other Publications illustrative of his Works. By J.O. Halliwell. 8vo, cloth, 3s. Indispensable to everybody who wishes to carry on any inquiries connected with SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION and its apparent Irregularities explained by Examples from early and late English Writers. By the late William Sidney Walker, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; edited by W. Nanson Lettsom, Esq. Fcp. 8vo, cloth, 6s.

Shakespeare, or who may have a fancy for
Shakespearian bibliography.-Spectator.

enabled him to enrich them. All that he has recorded is valuable. We read his little volume with pleasure, and close it with regret."-Literary Gazette.

A FEW NOTES ON SHAKESPEARE, with Occasional Remarks on the Emendations of the Manuscript-Corrector in Mr. Collier's copy of the folio, 1632. By the Rev. Alexander Dyce. 8vo, cloth, 5s. "Mr. Dyce's Notes are peculiarly delightful, from the stores of illustration with which his extensive reading not only among our writers, but among those of other countries, especially of the Italian poets, has Other Publications illustrative of Malone's Letter to Dr. Farmer (in Reply to Ritson), relative to his Edition of Shakespeare, published 1790. 8vo, sewed, 1s.

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Shakespeare's Life and Writings.
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Ireland's (W. H.) Vartigern, an
Historical Play, represented at Drury
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The preface is both interesting and curious, from the additional information it gives respecting the Shakespeare Forgeries, containing also the substance of his "Confessions."

Traditionary Anecdotes of Shakespeare, collected in Warwickshire in 1693. 8vo, sewed, ls.

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LIFE OF MR. THOMAS GENT,

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Only 150 copies privately printed. It will form a companion to Dr.Dee's Diary, printed

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LIFE, POETRY, AND LETTERS OF EBENEZER ELLIOTT, the Corn-Law Rhymer (of Sheffield). Edited by his Son-in-Law, John Watkins. Post 8vo, cloth (an interesting volume), 3s. (original price 7s. 6d.)

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ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH, Germanic, and Scandinavian Languages and Nations, with Chronological Specimens of their Languages. By J. Bosworth, D.D. Royal 8vo, boards, £1.

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by references to Greek, the Latin, French, and other languages. A philosophical spirit pervades every part. The Delectus consists of short pieces, on various subjects, with extracts from Anglo-Saxon History and the Saxon Chronicle. There is a good Glossary at the end."-Athenæum, Oct. 20, 1849.

GUIDE TO THE ANGLO-SAXON TONGUE: on the Basis of Professor Rask's Grammar; to which are added, Reading Lessons, in Verse and Prose, with Notes, for the use of Learners. By E. J. Vernon, B.A., Oxon. 12mo, cloth, 5s. "Mr. Vernon has, we think, acted wisely in taking Rask for his model; but let no one suppose from the title that the book is merely a compilation from the work of that philologist. The accidence is abridged from Rask, with constant revision, correction, and modification; but the syntax, a most important portion of the book, is original, and is compiled with great care and skill; and the latter half of the volume consists of a well-chosen selection of extracts from

Anglo-Saxon writers, in prose and verse, for the practice of the student, who will find great assistance in reading them from the grammatical notes with which they are accompanied, and from the glossary which follows them. This volume, well studied, will enable any one to read with ease the generality of Anglo-Saxon writers; and its cheapness places it within the reach of every class. It has our hearty recommendation."-Literary Gazette.

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Printed at the suggestion of Dr. Prichard, to whose works it will be found a useful Supplement.

Provincial Dialects of England.

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A fine poetic feeling is displayed through the various pieces in this volume; according to some critics nothing has appeared equal to it since the time of Burns; the "Gentleman's Magazine" for December, 1844, gave a review of the First Edition some pages in length.