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LIFE OF PETRARCH. 



BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. 



AUTHOR OF THE " PLEASURES OF HOPE." 



Handsomely printed in 1 vol. 8vo. 



" It may be asserted with confidence, that there are very 

 few, even among well-informed persons, who know any thing 

 more of Petrarch than as a poet and as the adorer of Laura. 

 They are not aware that this poet of love for all times and all 

 nations was also a statesman, who lived and corresponded 

 with the greatest men of his age, and who was intrusted with 

 important diplomatic missions; and that literature owes him 

 infinite obligations for the pains which he took to preserve 

 the ancient classic writers, and to encourage a taste for the 

 study of their works. Those who would wish to make them- 

 selves acquainted with Petrarch's history and merits will 

 learn with interest that the celebrated author of * The Plea- 

 sures of Hope' has just completed a life of him in which, 

 with the feelings of a genuine poet, he has done full justice 

 to the character of this eminent man in all its bearings. The 

 fruit of mature reflection, for it has occupied the author some 

 years, this work discusses the history and character of its 

 celebrated subject, poetical, literary and moral, without par- 

 tiality or prejudice, and in a tone of liberality that pervades 

 all the works of his not less celebrated biographer." 



atuval 



BY THOMAS MILLER. 



" We have never met with any thing of a similar character 

 to * Home Revisited,' the opening paper, which has touched 

 and delighted us so much." London Literary Gazette. 



"This volume is in its style 'as fresh as hawthorn buds.' 

 It is a pleasant book, sans apology or qualification." Atlie- 

 n (Bum. 



