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ROSCOE'S NOVELIST'S LIBRARY. DON QUIXOTE, VOL. 1, 8vo. 

 EVERY one ought to have a copy of Don Quixote ; and those who do not 

 possess such a desideratum, cannot do better than buy the present edition ; 

 for it is not only the cheapest, but the best in every respect. It is enriched 

 with notes by Lockhart and Roscoe ; ad with cuts by Cruikshank and 

 Meadows. It is pleasant to see such artists working in couples ; to find 

 Cruikshank not George the Fifth, as the Tories have called him, but George 

 the Great thus allowing a junior rival elbow-room in his own palace. 

 George's etchings are exquisite ; and the fancy portrait of Quixote, by his 

 fellow- labourer, is a striking likeness ; to say the truth, it ought to be ; for 

 the artist, to our knowledge, has been well acquainted with the Don these 

 twenty years. 







.*({} fwvfciGHTS AND SHADOWS OF GERMAN LIFE. IN 2VoLS. 



WE do not like the name given to this collection of tales. They are not 

 Lights and Shadows of German Life. The title is calculated to mislead those 

 who, having " supped full of horrors'* at the table of Hoffman, or La Motte 

 Fouque, have no longer any appetite for a: third course of the same highly- 

 flavoured dishes. 



It is but justice, however, to the present work, to state, that we have not 

 heretofore seen any of the tales here presented to us, some of which have 

 considerable merit; which does not appear to have been injured by tran- 

 slation. In a lighter style than the generality of German stories, are " The 

 Military Campaigns of a Man of Peace," which remind us, but very slightly, 

 of The Adventures of the Army Chaplain, by the inimitable Jean Paul. 



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A BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE WESLEY FAMILY. 



A VERY interesting publication ; especially to those who observe the tenets 

 of this great divine, and founder of Arminian methodism. 







THE MINSTREL, AND OTHER POEMS. BY JAMES VANSOMME. 



WE must congratulate Mr. James Vansomme on having achieved two 

 hundred and thirty- one pages of verse his industry deserves commenda- 

 tion we can appreciate it. Mr Vansomme may congratulate himself on 

 having written some very pretty verses, which, we dare say, he does, and 

 will, without our advice. " The Minstrel " is unpretending, and, therefore, 

 to our minds acceptable ; and the " other poems " unobtrusive and pleasing. 



THE HOUSE OF COLBERG. BY T. J. SERLE. 



MR. SERLE is the well-known author of an admirable play called " The 

 Merchant of London." It was exceedingly well received, which had em- 

 boldened the author to this second attempt. The tragedy has not been so 

 successful on the stage ; but as a work it is inferior to few of modern times. 



THE ITALIAN EXILE IN ENGLAND. BY COUNT PECCHIO. 



This volume is written with remarkable power and spirit, by a very able 

 and intelligent man, whose patriotism and noble endeavours to free his own 

 country from the thrall that binds her, has driven him to seek an asylum in 

 this. His observations upon our manners and customs are racy and pleasant ; 

 and, while his good-nature and attachment to our soil frequently lead him 

 into excessive admiration of things which boast in reality no particular ex- 

 cellence, his sketches are well drawn, and in strict accordance with truth. 

 We may be allowed, perhaps, to introduce the count to the reader, in his 



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