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11, WATERLOO PLACE, PALL MALL,

26th March, 1831.

THE NOVELIST'S LIBRARY;

EDITED BY

THOMAS ROSCOE, Esq.;

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DESIGNS ORIGINAL AND SELECTED, BY JACOB GEORGE STRUTT, Esq.

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PUBLISHED

IN MONTHLY VOLUMES,

(UNIFORM WITH THE WAVERLEY NOVELS.)

IN announcing a SELECT SERIES of CLASSICAL NOVELS, MESSRS. COCHRANE AND PICKERSGILL disclaim any intention of trespassing on the ground occupied by other publishers. Whilst the productions of writers of fiction, subsequent to the time of FIElding and SMOLLETT, are presented in a periodical form as candidates for public favour, the Proprietors are encouraged to extend the field of rational entertainment, by offering to English readers CHEAP EDITIONS of the Works of those great painters of life and manners who reflect lustre on their respective countries, comprehending only such NOVELS and ROMANCES, as have been unequivocally stamped with popular regard, and which, from their LONG ADMITTED SUPERIORITY OVER ALL COMPETITORS OF THEIR CLASS, and their translation into various languages, are for ever associated with the LITERATURE OF THE WORLD.

THE NOVELIST'S LIBRARY

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with others of equal popularity, whose authors it is acknowledged wrote "for all time," and whose happy illustrations of character and manners prove them to have been familiarly acquainted with human nature in all its varieties, and capable of representing life as they found

it; thus furnishing an intellectual banquet, replete at once with instruction and amusement. The great estimation in which the productions of these powerful delineators of life are justly regarded, has long ceased to be confined to the land of their birth: they have been transplanted into every clime, appealing with the resistless voice of genius to the admiration of all nations; and they have been rewarded with imperishable fame.

The best uniform Editions of these celebrated works have hitherto been published in forms and at prices which have placed them beyond the reach of any but the wealthier classes of readers. To remove this inconvenience, and supply wants which the Public has long felt, the Proprietors intend to publish the present Edition in Monthly Volumes, beautifully printed, and embellished with Plates, at the cheap price of five shillings per volume, neatly bound. Each Author can be purchased separately.

The First Number, being the first volume of Defoe's ROBINSON CRUSOE, (to be completed in two vols.) with a Life of the Author, written expressly for this Edition, will be published on the 2d of May next, illustrated with Eight Engravings, from original designs, by J. G. STRUTT; and an elegant Portrait of Defoe, engraved on steel.

The Second Number, similarly illustrated, will be published on the 1st of June.

Published by COCHRANE and PICKERSGILL, 11, Waterloo Place, Pall Mall. Sold also by J. ANDREWS, 167, New Bond Street, and by all respectable Booksellers throughout the Kingdom.

PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION,

A HISTORY OF THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS, From the Formation of the Regiment under GENERAL MONK to the Battle of Waterloo.

BY COLONEL MACKINNON.

(DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HIS MAJESTY.)
In 2 Vols. 8vo.

THE STAFF OFFICER;

OR

THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE:

A TALE OF REAL LIFE.

BY OLIVER MOORE.

In 3 Vols. post 8vo.

On the 1st of February, 1831, was published,

No. I.

(TO BE CONTINUED MONTHLY,)

OF

A NEW PERIODICAL MISCELLANY;

ENTITLED THE

Library of the Fine Arts.

THIS title has been adopted not so much in accordance with the popular predilection for the term, as on account of its peculiarly expressing the object which the Proprietor has in view; viz., to afford to the Amateur and Artist, in a cheap and easily accessible form, all the information relating to the Fine Arts of the present and also of former times. This is proposed to be effected by including among the arrangementз,

I. Original Papers.

II. Reviews of Publications in any way connected with the subject.
III. Reprints and Translations of Works which may be considered use-
ful to the Artist, or curious for the general reader.

IV. Biographies of persons distinguished in the annals of the Fine Arts.
V. Notices of Works of Art, including Engravings, &c.

VI. Catalogues and Descriptive Accounts of Collections, both in this
country and abroad.

VII. Catalogues and Descriptive Notices of Exhibitions.
VIII. Notices of Sales and Transfers of celebrated Pictures.

And

IX. Miscellaneous Information upon every branch of the Fine Arts,

useful or entertaining.

The Work is pledged to be undertaken by a Gentleman totally unconnected in any way professionally with the Arts; and to have been undertaken purely from a desire to see them brought forward into public notice and patronage as they deserve. The Proprietor is convinced that if the Arts have not met with their due encouragement in this Country, as has been so often asserted, it has been owing to circumstances very easy of explanation. These however will be noticed more at length in the Work; and the Proprietor therefore at present will content himself with suggesting to the Professors of the Arts, that as the success of this Publication must necessarily operate most materially to their advantage, so it must also materially depend upon their co-operation. He therefore invites their assistance, pledging himself to give the fullest and most unbiassed attention to every communication with which he may be favoured. By this means he hopes to make the proposed Publication as useful and beneficial as he is convinced it is capable, under a liberal and independent manage. ment, of becoming. Should the Work be favourably received, it is further proposed occasionally to give Engravings and Outlines of celebrated Pictures, for the use of young Artists, and as illustrations of the Discourses or Lectures which may be introduced.

The Work is handsomely printed in 8vo; and the Numbers may be had, price 2s. 6d. each, of every Bookseller in the kingdom.

PUBLISHED BY M. ARNOLD, TAVISTOCK-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN ; TO WHOM ORDERS AND ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE WORK, AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE EDITOR, ARE REQUESTED TO BE FORWARDED.

CONTENTS OF No. I.

Preliminary Address.-Memoir of G. Dawe, Esq. R.A.—Sculpture, a Poem, by E. G. L. Bulwer, Esq.-The Glyptotheca, at Munich.The Nashional Ha-Ha.-Cunningham's Lives of British Painters.Felibien's Tent of Darius.-The Annuals.-History and Process of Lithography.-Letter to the Editor: Artists and Dealers.-Sir J. Reynolds's Discourses (reprint).-Miscellanea.

"Various periodical publications, exclusively devoted to the Fine Arts have at different times been attempted in this country, but have uniformly failed. We hope the present undertaking may prove an exception to the general rule. The Number which has just made its appearance contains much useful and pleasing information; and, if the work be carried on in the same spirit, it ought to receive the support of the professors and lovers of those arts which, in the language of the Preliminary Address, have formed the secret and deepcherished delight of the most amiable, the most enlightened and illustrious characters of every civilized age and country.""-Literary Gazette. ́.

"The First Number of a Magazine under this title has just appeared; and is calculated to supply what has long been a desideratum, a periodical publication devoted exclusively to the discussion of subjects connected with the Arts of Design. The scope of the work is comprehensive, embracing original essays, criticism, technical and miscellaneous information and reprints of the standard works on art. It is entitled both to professional and popular support, the contents of the work being designed for the entertainment of the general reader as well as for the information of the artist. The first Number contains, among other papers, A Memoir of the late Mr. Dawe; A Prize Poem, by Mr. Lytton Bulwer, on the subject of Sculpture; A smart fillip on Mr. Nash the architect; An Account of the Process of Lithography; and The two first Lectures of Sir Joshua Reynolds."-Spectator.

"Another competitor in the field for fame and profit; let it but continue as it has begun, and we have no doubt it will eventually succeed in obtaining both."-News.

"In the Fine Arts, we have to announce the appearance of a monthly work called the Library of the Fine Arts,' published by Arnold, of Tavistock-street, and exclusively devoted to that subject. The papers we have had time to examine are well written, and display a thorough knowledge of the subject."—

Observer.

"This work promises to be not only an amusing, but a most useful source of information to the lovers of the Fine Arts. The proceedings of different schools and societies of art, reviews, and biographical sketches of leading men connected with them, are not only subjects of interest, but they strongly mark the character of the nation, and serve as a pharos to light the inquiring mind to the knowledge it covets."-Sunday Times.

"We hail the appearance of this Miscellany with great satisfaction. There has long been a desideratum in our periodical literature which it seems well calculated to supply. Its design is to form a complete register of the progress of the Fine Arts, and every thing connected with them in this country; and we sincerely wish it the success its intention and, as far as we can judge from the present specimen, its execution deserves. The history of the rise and progress of Lithography, which it contains, will be found especially interesting."—Intelligence.

"We quote the following extracts from the Library of the Fine Arts,' a new publication, which promises to be a valuable acquisition to the public.' Plymouth and Devonport Chronicle.

"A new monthly periodical, under the above title, has just made its appearance. We do not like to draw conclusions from a first Number of any work, but we really think that the publication before us promises to be an interesting and a valuable one."-Bath Chronicle.

"This is a publication which was much wanted in this age of periodical literature. It was certainly a matter of surprise, that at a time when the Fine Arts were enjoying more than ordinary attention, not only in the metropolis, but throughout the country, there should be no periodical publication exclusively devoted to their service and to the consideration of subjects connected with them. The Library of the Fine Arts' takes its stand upon this ground; it professes to become what its title imports, 'A monthly Repertory of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, and Engraving;' to present to the amateur and the artist, in a cheap and easily accessible form, all the information relating to the Fine Arts, of the present and also of former times. The First Number now before us, presents a rich table of contents, various in subject, and well calculated to gratify those for whom they are particularly designed. Amongst the articles, we would especially notice an interesting Memoir of G. Dawe, Esq. R.A.; Sculpture, a Poem, by E. G. L. Bulwer, Esq; the Glyptotheca, at Munich; a Letter on Artists and Dealers; History and Process of Lithography; and a long Miscellanea, which embraces the floating topics of the day relating to the Fine Arts. It promises, in fact, to be a most desirable publication, and one which it will contribute as greatly to the advantage as to the entertainment of the artist and amateur to support."-Carlisle Patriot.

"We have only one objection to this new Magazine, and that is the deprecatory and humble tone adopted throughout by the Editor. Such a tone is by no means called for, and we recommend its discontinuance in the future Numbers of the work. Amidst the numerous classes who have each their organ, none existed until now for art and artists; and if they are wise, the latter will avail themselves gladly of the facility which it presents for the furtherance of their wishes and interests. We wish success to the undertaking."-Brighton Gazette.

"We feel convinced that such a monthly Miscellany as this has long been wanted. To the medical and other branches of science a periodical is devoted, and no class of students and admirers increase more rapidly than those of the Fine Arts, to which literary judgment and taste are most truly allied. We are happy to see in the first Number of a work under the above title a desideratum supplied, and that too with such ability, as gives us reason to augur its success."-Bath Journal.

CONTENTS OF No. II.

Address to the Students of the Royal Academy, by Sir Thomas Lawrence.-Lives of British Architects.-Dogmas on Art: No. 1. Finish in Portrait-Painting.-On Legitimate Criticism.-Worthies of the Last Century No. 1.-Cabinet Councils: No. 1.--The New Museum at Berlin.--Critical Notices.-Exhibition of Pictures at the British Insti

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