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The Poetical Works of Charles Lamb. A new edition. Edward Moxon, 



Dovor Street. 

 We are pleased to see a new and improved edition of a favourite poet, whose loss 

 we had to deplore so lately. Of the merits of this work we need not surely 

 speak : the book itself is in Mr. Moxon's best style of publication. 



Evenings Abroad. By the Author of " Sketches of Corfu." Smith, 

 Elder, and Co., booksellers to their Majesties. 



This is one of the most entertaining volumes we have read for some years. It is 

 intended to supply the place of a literary common-place book. The author has 

 succeeded to the letter. 



The British Quixote ; or, the Surprising Adventures of Don Poplin, 

 Knight of the Waning Dragon. By Pasquin. Edwards, Ave-Maria 

 Lane. pp. 265. 



We own the Adventures of Don Poplin, like those of Don Quixote, present a 

 farrago of heterogeneous topics : but their tendency, — do you see ? " Omne 

 lulit," &c. ; that is all we shall say of this unexpected stranger, at present. The 

 age of book-making cannot have passed away. 



Lays of the Heart, &c. By J. S. C. Smith, Elder, and Co. 

 " The Ode to the Memory of a Father," which forms the principal feature ih 

 this unpretending little book, belongs to the better order of poetry. The poems, 

 generally, are fairly done. 



The Parliamentary Guide. Corrected to February, 1836. Bailey and 

 Co., Cornhill. 



This useful and well-authenticated book of parliamentary reference, by R. B. 

 Mosse, Esq., has just issued from the press. On the whole, it is an improvemetlt 

 on the original edition. 



Select Prose Works of Milton. Account of his own Studies. Apology 

 for his Early Life and Writings. Tractate on Education. Areopa- 

 gitica. Tenure of Kings. Vol. 1. With a Preliminary Discourse, 

 and Notes. By J. A. St. John. pp. 329. Hatchard and Son. 



Here we have a new and excellent edition of Milton's prose works; and one; 

 loo, which must find its way into the library of every scholar in these islands, if 

 not throughout Europe. We strongly recommend this work to the public at large. 



The Life of General Washington. By Cyrus R. Edmunds. Vol. 2. 

 pp. 365. Tegg and Son. 



Wk have already expressed a favourable opinion of this very interesting work. 

 The second volume is by no means inferior to the first. It is well written. The 

 concluding remarks may not be inappropriate : — "General Washington's self- 

 moderation is well known to the world already. It is a remarkable circumstance 

 which redounds to his honour, that while president of the United S'ales, he never 

 appointed one of his own relations to any ofiice of trust or emolument, although 

 he has several that are men of abilities, and well qualified to till the most impor- 

 tant stations in the government." 



