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ROMANCE of HISTORY. FRANCE., STORIES OF A BRIDE.

In 2 vols. 12mo. By LEITCH
RITCHIE, Esq.
ROMANCE of HISTORY. SPAIN.
In 2 vols. 12mo. By Don T. DE

TRUEBA.

ROMANCE OF HISTORY. ITALY. In 2 vols. 12mo. By CHARLES MACFARLANE.

THE INCOGNITO; or, SINS AND PECCADILLOES. A Novel. By the Author of "Romance of History-Spain," "The Castilian,"&c. THE TALBA. A Novel. By Mrs. BRAY, Author of "The White Hoods," "The Protestant," &c. WAVERLEY; OR, 'TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. Revised, corrected, and enlarged by the Author. DE LISLE. A Novel. 2 vols. 12mo ST. VALENTINE'S DAY; or, THE By FAIR MAID OF PERTH. the Author of "Waverley." In 2 vols. 12mo.

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YESTERDAY IN IRELAND. Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. WALDEGRAVE. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo.

THE ADVENTURES of a KING'S PAGE. A Novel. 2 vols. 12mo. TALES AND SKETCHES. By a Country Schoolmaster. 12mo. SEPARATION. A Novel. By La

dy CHARLOTTE BURY, Author of "Flirtation." In 2 vols. 12mo. THE EXCLUSIVES. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo.

LIFE OF MANSIE WAUCH, TAILOR IN DALKEITH. 12mo. THE LOST HEIR; and THE PREDICTION. A Novel. In 2 vols. THE SUBALTERN'S LOG-BOOK. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. FOSCARINI. A Novel. In 2 vols. HAJJI BABA A Novel. In 2 vols. POSTHUMOUS PAPERS, FACETIOUS AND FANCIFUL, 12mo. APICIAN MORSELS. A Comical Work. With Cuts. 12mo.

vols. 12mo.

In 2

THE SCHOOL OF FASHION. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. RYBRENT DE CRUCE. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo.

THE ENGLISH AT HOME. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. THE LAST OF THE PLANTAGENETS. An Historical Romance. In 2 vols. 12mo. TALES OF MILITARY LIFE. In 2 vols. 12mo. By the Author of "The Military Sketch-Book." STRATTON HILI.. A Tale of the Civil Wars. In 2 vols. 12mo. PEACE CAMPAIGNS OF A CORNET. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo. PRIVATE LIFE. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo.

TALES OF THE WEST. 2 vols.

12mo.

JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND. By
T. C. GRATTAN, Esq. 2 vols. 12mo.
SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S
NARRATIVE OF HIS SHIP-
WRECK, &c. Edited by Miss
Jane Porter. In 3 vols. 12mo.
In Press,

HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARYOf this work, which is intended to combine the two objects of instruction and amusement, comprising as much entertaining matter as can be given along with useful knowledge, several volumes are already published.

THE

LIBRARY OF SELECT NOVELS-which will embrace no works but such as have received the impress of general approbation, or have been written by authors of established character. Several volumes are now published. See Catalogue. DRAMATIC LIBRARY-Being selections from popular standard Dramatic writers; illustrated with Explanatory Notes, and adapted to Family reading, by the omission of all exceptionable passages. Several volumes are already published. See Catalogue. FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY; or English translations of the most valuable Greek and Latin Classics. Several volumes are now published. See Catalogue.

OF THE

LIBRARY OF SELECT NOVELS.

FICTITIOUS Composition is now admitted to form an extensive and im portant portion of literature. Well-wrought novels take their rank by the side of real narratives, and are appealed to as evidence in all questions concerning man. In them the customs of countries, the transitions and shades of character, and even the very peculiarities of costume and dialect, are curiously preserved; and the imperishable spirit that surrounds and keeps them for the use of successive generations renders the rarities for ever fresh and green. In them human life is laid down as on a map. The strong and vivid exhibitions of passion and of character which they furnish, acquire and maintain the strongest hold upon the curiosity, and, it may be added, the affections of every class of readers; for not only is entertainment in all the various moods of tragedy and comedy provided in their pages, but he who reads them attentively may often obtain, without the bitterness and danger of experience, that knowledge of his fellowcreatures which but for such aid could, in the majority of cases, be only acquired at a period of life too late to turn it to account.

This "Library of Select Novels" will embrace none but such as have received the impress of general approbation, or have been written by authors of established character; and the publishers hope to receive such encouragement from the public patronage as will enable them in the conrse of time to produce a series of works of uniform appearance, and including most of the really valuable novels and romances that have been or shall be issued from the modern English and American press.

There is scarcely any question connected with the interests of literature which has been more thoroughly discussed and investigated than that of the utility or evil of novel reading. In its favour much may be and has been said, and it must be admitted that the reasonings of those who believe novels to be injurious, or at least useless, are not without force and plausibility. Yet, if the arguments against novels are closely examined, it will be found that they are more applicable in general to excessive indulgence in the pleasures afforded by the perusal of fictitious adventures than to the works themselves; and that the evils which can be justly ascribed to them arise almost exclusively, not from any peculiar noxious qualities that can be fairly attributed to novels as a species, but from those individual works which in their class must be pronounced to be indifferent.

But even were it otherwise-were novels of every kind, the good as well as the bad, the striking and animated not less than the puerile, indeed liable to the charge of enfeebling or perverting the mind; and were there no qualities in any which might render them instructive as well as amusing the universal acceptation which they have ever received, and still continue to receive, from all ages and classes of men, would prove an irresistible incentive to their production. The remonstrances of moralists and the reasonings of philosophy have ever been, and will still be found, unavailing against the desire to partake of an enjoyment so attractive. Men will read novels; and therefore the utmost that wisdom and philanthropy can do is to cater prudently for the public appetite, and, as it is hopeless to attempt the exclusion of fictitious writings from the shelves of the library, to see that they are encumbered with the least possible number of such as have no other merit than that of novelty.

PELHAM; or, THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN. A Novel. In 2 vols. 12mo.

"If the most brilliant wit, a narrative whose interest never flags, and some pictures of the most riveting interest can make a work popular, 'Pelhain' will be as first-rate in celebrity as it is in excellence. The scenes are laid in fashionable life."-Literary Gazette.

THE DISOWNED. A Novel. In 2 vols.

12mo.

"We have examined 'The Disowned,' and find it fully equal in plot, character, and description to Pelham,' and vastly more philosophic and reflecting. It is by far the most intellectual fiction that we have seen for a long time; and in it may be found some of the finest maxims, and from it may be drawn some of the best morals for the guidance of the human heart."-The Albion.

DEVEREUX. A Novel.

In 2 vols. 12mo.

"The author possesses the most brilliant qualifications of a successful. novelist. His conception of character is exquisite; his descriptive powers are unequalled; he has wit, pathos, energy, and discrimination in an eminent degree; and he is, moreover, a ripe scholar. In one particular he is not surpassed by any writer of the present or of any other day-we mean the faculty of imparting deep and uncontrollable interest to his stories."— New-York Mirror

PAUL CLIFFORD. A Novel.

In 2 vols. 12mo.

"Paul Clifford' is the most original of all Mr. Bulwer's works, and cannot fail to add largely to its writer's reputation. For the man of the world it contains shrewdness and satire; for the moralist matter of deep thought, and for the young all the interest of narrative and all the poetry of feeling."-The Albion.

FALKLAND. A Novel. 12mo.

"In the powerful description of intense feeling and passion, it does not fall short of any subsequent work of the same author."-New-York Monthly Review.

"He has shown the rock of passion which has produced the wreck of character. If he has introduced crime; he has denounced it; if a criminal, he has punished."-N. Y. Cabinet of Religion, &c. July, 1830.

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"We have read Bulwer's new poem with close attention and with much pleasure. It is worthy of the reputation of the author of' Pelham,' and has passages of poetry inferior to nothing of modern times, not excluding the days of Byron "-Pennsylvania Inquirer.

Bulwer does not write tri les...It is a production of powerful genius. The work is well worth read. ng."-N. Y. Daily Sentinel.

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WITH

AN AMBITIOUS STUDENT

IN ILL HEALTH:

WITH OTHER PIECES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

"PELHAM," "EUGENE ARAM," &c. &c.
E. Rutever is

NEW-YORK:

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. & J. HARPER,
NO. 82 CLIFF-STREET.

AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT
THE UNITED STATES.

1832.

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

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