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<— cover up their r own nakedness with his fine - without much risk of detection. 
It was ie agent ae the business of oe this poet in the popular form) moi ou 
with a satin ick. Peveeption of the bea atifil, pie a good taste enon has made hi 
anxious to show off his author than him self, There is no pedan ¢ parade of learning in’ 
the not gb which are directed to instruct the pri in what is piling. in the text, or 
point out its less obvious peculiarities Ever e will appreciate the value of this, who 
has waded through the learned lumber of Speniers preceding under wh 
hands the flowers of poetry seem to wither, a they are digging and delving after ‘a 
ich ition “ these excellent Note s the text is 
hibiting a nice discrimination of the chemasieostios of 
bility to its extraordinary beauties, which will not su 
the writings of the accomplished Editor. It # needless | alo on the excellence of 
the typography andthe mechanical execution of the work, as th oe ime to all, I 
he Are wish it may find the patronage, which so liberal an anderaking m rits. 
uly, your obedient servant, Pr RESCOTT. 
‘“ Messrs, Little & Brown, of Boston, have pu ublished, in five i the entire works 
Spenser, with a a y of that acne poet. They have done full eri to ake 
aithoe i in the handsome style in which they have caused the work to be issued. We a 
cae to see:this spirit "of liberality in the ge eg and doubt not that it will be met by 
a correspondent milli ngness on the par eaders to add slightly to the expense, in order 
to insure good appearance.”’— United States Gaz ett 
centuries the verses he was pening: would be published, commented and lectured upon, 
ree : és im 
eclipsed by the amazing pot: which time was to bring into 
“ A grateful posterity has set up statues and oe d aeniteents to the memory of the 
mighty dead ; but we regard this tribute of respect and admiration for Spenser, asa 
nobler monument of his worth than the mar ‘ssex raised g 
over this stave in 
Westminster Abbey. The simple, but dignified inscription on that marble informs the 
reader that dane s ‘divine spirit needs no other witness, than the works he left behind 
him.’ as now been reared in a remote age and in a distant world which 
sacredly arias otis ords. 
“ An edition like this h as long been a desideratum in our libraries ; jeer we have ont 
had no other alternative in reading Spenser, but to use an edition with non 
and no explanation but a glossary appended to the last volume, or an fea 8 m- 
bered and loaded down with notes and com , that a fortune would be required to 
urchase it, and a life-time to read it. This want is supplied by the beautiful edition now 
offered to the public. The notes are few, discreet and Attell Ae but sufficient to explain 
the text ; and the glossary is printed at the bottom of each page just above the notes. 
The di e betw reading w e aids, or reading an edition in which the 
glossary is printed at the end of the ume, is 1 s d between 
stud in or Greek author, with an intelligible translation printed on the sam 
ge he text, or searching for his meaning by e icon alon 
“The Introductory Essay isan admirable critique, giving a comprehensive a and s 
factory view of the outline of the poem, its peculiar beau — = merits, the Ree scsi 
references, and the nature of the allegory. It is written in ost engaging style, and 
displays a thorough acquaintance with the poem, and with a ri duit he as been written veil 
the poem out any ererg = of learning the writer ineies, in every line, that ieee 
which ‘eaming ‘Box can give.” —Boston Daily Advertiser. 
“ We are glad to see that the old ge He 0 is rte: oh wee throughout, though 
we have heard some good natured people remark, that they should like to be had the 
spelling a little modernized ! Pat reflecting ‘that more sides ‘hal the flavor of the different 
works would have evaporated in the process. They would still have contained muc 
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