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1. THE WORKS OF THE BRITISH POETS, with Prefaces Biographical and Critical, by Robert Anderson, M. D. 13 vols. royal 8vo.- Price 9l. 15s. sewed.
"The Biographical and Critical Prefaces, as they are an original work, require a more distinct and particular examination. To the execution of this plan, Dr. Anderson seems to have brought powers well adapted to its completion. He appears to possess an accurate acquaintance with our poetry. His criticisms evince a mind capable of estimating the genuine beauties of the Muse, and candour willing to give praise in return for the pleasure he has received.
"We consider the present work as a valuable acquisition to English literature. As a collection of British Poetry and Biography, it confers honour upon the Editor for genius, taste, and in formation, tending to promote and perpetuate the most imperishable monument of Britain's glory."—British Critic, Feb. 1796.
"To edit a complete collection of the Poets of Great Britain, was an important and useful undertaking; and it is from comprising the early writers that the present collection derives its great and distinguished value. The admirers of English literature are highly indebted to the publishers and the editor of these volumes."—Critical Review, Jan. 1799.
2. ANDERSON'S COLLECTION OF POETICAL TRANSLATIONS from the Greek and Latin Poets, (being the 12th and 13th Vols. of the above Work), containing those of Pope, West, Dryden, Pitt, Rowe, Hoole, Pye, Cooke, Fawkes, Creech, Grainger, &c. 2 vols. royal 8vo.—Price 1l. 10s. sewed.
3. THE PLEASURES OF HOPE, with other Poems, by Thomas Campbell, small 8vo.—Price 6s. boards.
"So uncommon a degree of merit appears in the first and principal of these poems, that we cannot let it pass without particular notice. The Pleasures of Hope are surely as good a subject for a rising poet as can well be chosen. It is the very essence of genius to form ideal scenes of future gratification. This subject is treated by Mr. Campbell with much genius, and in general with good judgment; certainly with a very singular splendour and felicity of versification."—British Critic, July 1799.
"The general inspiration of good sense and generous virtue, the correct chastening of true taste and sound discretion, are the most remarkable excellencies which distinguish the contents of this elegant volume. It has in all its parts a sufficient proportion of particular sentiments, and particular images, to deserve the character of true poetry."—New London Review, Sept. 1799.
4. PICTURES of POETRY, Historical, Biographical, and Critical, by Alexander Thomson, Esq. Author of Whist, and the Paradise of Taste, small 8vo.—Price 5s. boards.
"Mr. Thomson acquired considerable fame by the publication of his Paradise of Taste, which forms the introduction to a poetical plan of considerable extent, intending chiefly to comprehend "a view of the progress of polite literature, from the earliest period to the present time;" and of which this work forms about one fourth part. The ingenious author, from this specimen, appears to possess resources adequate to the extent and importance of his subject."—Monthly Mirror for August 1799.
"To accomplish with success a design such as that which Mr. Thomson has conceived, not only considerable poetic talents are requisite, but a fund of classical learning, nice taste, and a discriminating judgment. We think that, with some limitations, Mr. Thomson has manifested valid claims to these qualities; and that, on the whole, this portion of his work is executed with a degree of ability which entitles it to public patronage."—Monthly Review, October 1800.
5. POEMS, by Ann Bannerman, small 8vo.—Price 5s. boards.
"We are always pleased when we have an opportunity of placing before our readers specimens of poetical performances of merit. The present publication will be found entitled to the highest commendation, for vigour, elegance, and harmony."—British Critic, August 1800.
"When the ear of a Reviewer is palled, and his attention is nearly exhausted, by listening to the monotones of mediocrity which sound from modern lyres, it is a rich reward for his labour, it is a cordial for his wearied spirits, to hear the breathings of ardent Genius, and to hail the approaches of the real muse. Such recompence have we experienced from the energetic numbers of Miss Bannerman, and such relief has been imparted by the soothing influence of her charmed song.
"Miss Bannerman delights to soar in the loftiest regions of imagination, and gaze with undaunted ken upon "prostrate worlds" below; nor does she fail in her airy flight to strike the chords of true poesy, with the melting pathos of Collins, and the romantic ardour of Gray."—New London Review, May 1800.
6. VERSES, SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC, by George Hay Drummond, A. M. 1 vol. small 8vo.—Price 7s. boards.
"The highly accomplished and respectable author has with great diffidence entitled his publication Verses: but these verses are derived from a higher lineage than many poems of far prouder boast. They are highly finished miniature representations of domestic life, at various seasons, and deserve to be placed as cabinet pictures in every family apartment.
"We should delight in selecting much from this estimable assemblage of Poetic Graces, did our space allow us the gratification; but we must restrict ourselves to the scanty limits of a sonnet-extract, amid many more extended attractions. Yet we ought not to close this brief report, without expressing our cordial conviction, that if suavity of sentiment, or elegance of expression, should allure any reader to peruse these polished strains with the attention which they merit, such reader must be highly profited, as well as pleased by the employ."—Monthly Mirror for June 1802.
"The Verses display in general a mind of elegant turn, long habituated to the association of poetical images, and sufficiently exercised in the construction of harmonious measure. There are few Poems which we might not produce as specimens, without any injustice to the Author."—British Critic for August 1802.
7. EPISTLE FROM LADY GRANGE TO EDWARD D———, Esq. written during her confinement in the Island of St. Kilda, 4to.—Price 2s. sewed.
"After dinner to-day we talked of the extraordinary fact of Lady Grange's being sent to St. Kilda, and confined there, without any means of relief.
"The true story of this lady is as frightfully romantic as if it had been the fiction of a gloomy fancy. She was the wife of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland, a man of the first blood of his country.
"For some mysterious reasons, which have never been discovered, she was seized, and carried off in the dark, she knew not by whom, and by nightly journies was conveyed to the Highland shores, from whence she was transported by sea to the remote rock of St. Kilda, where she remained amongst its few wild inhabitants, a forlorn prisoner, but had a constant supply of provisions, and a woman to wait upon her.
"No inquiry was made after her, till she at last found means to convey a letter to a confidential friend, by the daughter of a catechist, who concealed it in a clue of yarn. Information being thus obtained at Edinburgh, a ship was sent to bring her off; but intelligence of this being received, she was carried to MʻLeod's island of Herries, where she died."—Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p. 277. Edit. 1786.
8. MARY STEWART, QUEEN OF SCOTS, an Historical Drama, 8vo.—Price 4s. sewed.
"The life and death of Mary Queen of Scots has been rendered so familiar to every Briton by poets, historians, and even dramatists, that to give an air of novelty to the incidents of her ill-fated story, or to impart additional interest to them by poetic language, and stage effect, is a task of no easy attainment; the limitations of history become despotic restraints upon the freedom of imagination.
"By the present anonymous writer, much ingenuity, however, is shown in the management of his drama, and much characteristic spirit is displayed in pourtraying the rival queens."—Monthly Mirror, Jan. 1802.
9. AN ODE TO THE THEBAN BARD; to which is prefixed, AN ESSAY ON PINDARIC POETRY, delivered in the University of Edinburgh, March 30. 1802, by F. A. Cox, A. M. 8vo.—Price 3s. sewed.
10. THE LIFE OF SAM. JOHNSON, L.L.D. with Critical Observations on his Works, by Robert Anderson, M. D. one volume 8vo.—Price 6s. boards.
"These facts and particulars are well selected and arranged; connected, also, and illustrated by reflections flowing from a mind and a pen which are congenial with those of the hero of the narrative. He has admirably emblazoned Johnson's excellencies, without concealing his defects: And we may venture to say, that this work, which we have examined with much pleasure, is written with strength, elegance, good taste, and sound judgment."—Monthly Review, May 1796.
"The narrative part is well digested and neatly written, and may be pronounced a very fair and accurate memoir. It perhaps contains a more complete chronological enumeration of the Doctor's writings than is to be met with elsewhere. To the narrative Dr. Anderson has added a general critique on the character of the man and the merit of the author; and this part of the work has sufficient originality to claim the attention of the Public. We think ourselves justified in adding, as further commendation of the present publication, that Dr. Anderson appreciates the subject of this memoir with great impartiality; and that his style possesses a degree of accuracy, closeness, and strength, not unworthy the Johnsonian school."—Analytical Review for January 1796.
"Dr. Anderson, in elegance of language, and acuteness of critical and philosophical judgment, has perhaps surpassed his predecessors; his narrative is clear and regular, his style manly, ani his decisions usually judicious: It abounds with proofs of accurate perception, and just discrimination.
"Dr. Anderson concludes the Life of Johnson with characters of him taken from other authors, but none of them in accuracy and merit surpassing his own."—British Critic, January 6. 1796.
11. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF TOBIAS SMOLLETT, M. D. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings, by Robert Anderson, M. D.;—containing, The Adventures of Roderick Random—The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle—Plays and Poems—The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom—An Account of the Expedition against Carthagena—The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves—Travels through France and Italy—The Expediation of Humphry Clinker—And the Adventures of an Atom, 6 vols. 8vo, printed on a wove paper, hot-pressed, new edition.—Price 21. 14s. bound.
12. PLUTARCH'S LIVES, translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch, by John Langhorne, D. D. and William Langhorne, M. A.; a new edition, carefully corrected, and the Index much amended, and accurately revised throughout, in 6 vols. 12mo.—Price 1l. 4s. bound.
13. THE WORKS OF DON FRANCISCO QUEVEDO, translated from the Spanish, containing—a New Life of the Author—his Seven Visions—Curious History of the Night Adventurer—The Life of Paul the Spanish Sharper—Fortune in her Wits—Proclamation by Old Father Time—A Treatise of all Things whatsoever, past, present, and to come—and Letters on Several Occasions; 3 vols. royal 12mo, illustrated with frontispieces.—Price 15s. bound.
14. OBSERVATIONS on the ZOONOMIA of ERASMUS DARWIN, M. D. by Thomas Brown, Esq. one large vol. 8vo.—Price 8s. boards.
"Mr. Brown is the first formidable antagonist whom the novelty of Dr. Darwin's theories has provoked. He has entered on his investigation, however, with all the respect due to the great talents and extensive knowledge of the author whom he criticises; and whatever may have been our partiality to the beautiful fabric which he attempts to overthrow, we must consider him as a champion worthy of being admitted to the encounter.
"To conclude, we think that this book is a very respectable specimen of the author's talents and attainments. With much vigour and acuteness of mind, it exhibits a liberal and truly philosophical spirit; and though we have ventured in some instances to express a difference of opinion with Mr. Brown, we cannot take leave of his performance without intimating our hope that we shall have fresh occasions hereafter of giving our unbiassed suffrage to his abilities."—Monthly Review, June and July 1799.
15. THE WORKS OF HORACE, translated literally into English Prose, for the use of those who are desirous of acquiring or recovering a competent knowledge of the Latin language, by C. Smart, A. M. of Pembroke-College, Cambridge, 2 vols, 18mo.—Price 5s. bound.
Speedily will be published, in two Volumes, small 8vo,
THE
POETICAL WORKS
OF
JAMES GRAINGER, M. D.
WITH
MEMOIRS OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS,
BY
ROBERT ANDERSON, M. D.
This edition of the Poetical Works of Dr. Grainger, contains the Sugar Cane, a Poem in Four Books, with Notes, reprinted from the 4to edition 1764; with an Index of the Linnean names of Plants, &c.; Lyric Poems, Love Elegies, and Miscellaneous Pieces, now first collected; and Translations from Ovid's Heroic Epistles; and a Fragment of the Fate of Capua, a Tragedy; now first printed from the Author's MSS.