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His complete works were pub. in 5 vols. in 1744. Novelist, was a clergyman. He wrote under the name of "Cuthbert Bede" a few novels and tales, Fairy Fables , Glencraggan , Fotheringhay , etc.; but his most popular book was Verdant Green, an Oxford Freshman, which had great vogue.
I think the Cenci article in the new 'Ed. Rev. will interest you. January 22nd. I send you Vols. III. and IV. of the mystic record. Pray keep it locked up. In the 'True Tale of the Cenci, by T. Adolphus Trollope, there was much that Mr. Cheney dissented from, and he wrote a long letter on the subject, which Reeve in due course forwarded to Trollope.
Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by THOMAS MOORE, with Portrait after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Two vols., 12mo, cloth, $2.00. "One of the most brilliant biographies in English literature. It is the life of a wit written by a wit, and few of Tom Moore's most sparkling poems are more brilliant and fascinating than this biography." Boston Transcript.
His great work, however, is his Caledonia, of which 3 vols. had been pub. at his death. It was to have been a complete coll. of the topography and antiquities of Scotland; and, as it stands, is a monument of industry and research, though not always trustworthy in disputed points.
It disqualified him for the noblest use of a statesman's powers, the power of pronouncing an unfettered opinion; and it suffered a man to degenerate into the antiquated appendage to a court, who might have been the tutelar genius of an empire. Memoirs and Correspondence of the Most Noble Richard Marquess Wellesley. By ROBERT B. PEARCE, Esq. 3 vols. London: Bentley.
J. R. Green, Town Life in England in the Fifteenth Century, 2 vols. ; Charles Gross, The Gild Merchant, 2 vols. ; Lujo Brentano, On the History and Development of Gilds ; George Unwin, The Gilds and Companies of London , particularly the interesting chapter on "The Place of the Gild in the History of Western Europe."
By George B. McClellan, Major-General United States Army. Originally published under the Direction of the War Department, by Order of Congress. Illustrated with Several Hundred Engravings. Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & Co. 8vo. pp. 499. $3.00. Tales of a Grandfather. History of Scotland. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Boston. Ticknor & Fields. 16mo. Vols.
He said he had lent the first four vols. to his brother Henry, but that I should have them soon. He then again said, 'When you have read these, you will see what you think can be published; but as you advance they become more interesting. I read these volumes nearly through the same evening, beginning from the death of Lord Liverpool.
Father Augustino Davila. Garcilasso Inga. Gabriel Lasso de la Vega. Don Antonio de Saavedra. We have used on the present occasion the Translation of Herrera into English by Captain John Stevens, in 6 vols. 8vo. printed at London in 1725.
She produced many plays, including Mogul Tale , I'll Tell you What , Appearance is against Them , Such Things Are, The Married Man, The Wedding Day, and two novels, A Simple Story , and Nature and Art , which have been frequently reprinted. She also made a collection of plays, The Modern Theatre, in 10 vols.
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