APPLETON'S LITERARY MISCELLANY. 

 A NEW SERIES OF CHOICE BOOKS. 



NOW READY, 



No. 1.— GERTRUDE, a tale by the author of « Amy Herbert." 

 Edited by the Rev. W. SewELL, M. A. 50 cents, cloth 75 cents. 

 " The author of this narrative has unfolded a profound acquaintance with the 

 human heart ; and has successfully adapted her knowledge to the illustration of the 

 various principles of female conduct as developed in ordinary life. We know of hut 

 few books of this class which are more worthy of attentive perusal by young women, 

 than Gertrude. — Courier and Enquirer. 



Nos. 2 and 3— I PROMESSI SPOSI, OR THE BETROTHED, 



translated from the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni. 2 vols. 



$1. cloth $1 50. 



"A work of the fame of which all have heard, who know any thing of Italian 

 literature ; and this new translation of it is given to us in a style and form which can 

 scarcely fail to extend that fame throughout the great body of English readers. It is a 

 work considered quite as remarkable, by the world of letters, as the novel of Waverly 

 in our own land. Manzoni, in fact, is the Sir Walter Scott of Italy ; and some go as 

 far as to say that this work is even more bewitching, and has a higher tone, than any 

 of the productions of our northern wizard." — The Critic. 



No. 4.— MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY, with sketches 

 of manners and Scenery in America, as they existed previous to 

 the Revolution, by Mrs Grant. 50 cents, cloth 75 cents. 

 "It is not a Romance nor a Tale partly founded on reality, but it is an authentic 

 detail of facts." A volume of intrinsic worth to all who are desirous to behold a 

 genuine picture of our ancestors prior to the changes made in our country by the Re- 

 volution and our subsequent independence; therefore, to the women of the Repub- 

 lic, and especially the " American Lady." it is confidently recommended. 

 No 5.— THE LIFE OF F. SCHILLER, embracing an examina- 

 tion of his works — by Thomas Carlyle ; from the new English 

 edition, revised by the author. 50 cts. cloth 75 cents. 

 "No man, perhaps, is better qualified than Thos. Carlyle to write Schiller's Life, 

 and reveal to the world the exhaustless treasures of his mighty spirit The work 

 before us needs no commendation. All lovers of German Literature will read it." 

 Golden Rule. 



Nos. 6 and 7 —SKETCHES OF MODERN LITERATURE AND 

 LITERARY MEN, (being a Gallery of Literary Portraits,) by 

 (xEORGE Gilfillan. Reprinted entire from the London cditioH. 

 Paper cover $1, or two volumes in one, cloth, $1 25. 

 " Though the name of the author of this work is not familiar to us, his book is 

 one which cannot fail to be read vviih a keen and general re ish. It contains sketches, 

 personal and intelle'^tual, of the most eminent literary men of the past and present 

 age, embracing twen^j-six literary portraits, of Jeffrey, Hazlitt, Carlyle, De (iuincy, 

 Coleridge, Wordsworth, L imb, Macaulay, and others of that stamp, who have be- 

 come very widely known, as authors and literary men, but of whose personal history 

 and characer comparatively little has been known."— Cowr. and Enq. 



Nos. 8 and 9.— HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION, 



of 1640; commonly called the Great Rebellion. From the ac- 

 cession of Charles I. to his death. By F. Guizot, the Prime 

 Minister of France, etc. 

 " We need not say that it is a work of thrilling interest, relating to some of the 



most important and stirring events in English History. It will be read with great 



avidity." — Tribune. 



Nos. 10 and 11.— A GENERAL HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION 



IN EUROPE, from the fall of the Roman Empire, to the French 



Revolution. By F. Guizot, the Prime Minister of France, &c. 



A new edition, with notes by C. S, Henry, D. D., Professor of 



History and Philosophy in the University of New- York. Two 



volumes, paper cover, 75 cents, or one vol. cloth, ^1. 



F. Guizot, in this volume of Lectures, has given an epitome of modf-rn history, 



distinguished by all the merit which, in another department, renders Biackstone a 



subject of such peculiar and unbounded praise — a work closely condensed, including 



nothing useless, omitting nothing essential, written with grace, and conceived and 



arranged with consummate ability. 1 



