LITERATURE. Gilman's First Steps in English Literature, The character and plan of this exquisite little text-book may be best understood from an analysis of its contents: INTRODUCTION. Chapter I, Historical; II, Definition of Terms; III, Languages of Europe, with Chart. PERIOD OF IMMATURE ENGLISH, with Chart. Chapter IV, Original English; V, Broken English; VI, Dead English; VII, Reviving English. PERIOD OF MATURE ENGLISH, with Chart. Chapter VIII, The Italian Influence; IX, Puritan Influence; X, French Influence; XI, Age of Pope; XII, Age of Johnson; XIII, Age of Poetical Romance; XIV, Age of Prose Romance. The volume concludes with a Chart of Bible Translations, a Bibliography or Guide to General Reading, and other aids to the student. Cleveland's Compendiums, ENGLISH LITERATURE. AMERICAN LITERATURE. ENGLISH LITERATURE OF THE XIXTH CENTURY. In these volumes are gathered the cream of the literature of the English-speaking people for the school-room and the general reader. Their reputation is national. More than 125,000 copies have been sold. Boyd's English Classics, MILTON'S PARADISE LOST. COWPER'S TASK. TABLE TALK, &C. THOMSON'S SEASONS. POLLOK'S COURSE OF TIME. This series of annotated editions of great English writers, in prose and poetry, is designed for critical reading and parsing in schools. Prof. J. R. Boyd proves himself an editor of high capacity, and the works themselves need no encomium. As auxiliary to the study of Belles Lettres, etc., these works have no equal. Pope's Essay on Man, Pope's Homer's Iliad, The metrical translation of the great poet of antiquity, and the matchless "Essay on the Nature and State of Man," by ALEXANDER POPE, afford superior exercise in literature and parsing. ESTHETICS. Huntington's Manual of the Fine Arts, A view of the rise and progress of Art in different countries, a brief account of the most eminent masters of Art, and an analysis of the principles of Art. It is complete in itself, or may precede to advantage the critical work of Lord Kames. Boyd's Kames' Elements of Criticism, The best edition of this standard work; without the study of which none may be considered proficient in the science of the Perceptions. No other study can be pur sued with so marked an effect upon the taste and refinement of the pupil. CLEVELAND'S COMPENDIUMS. TESTIMONIALS. This is the very best book of the kind we have ever examined. The Biographical Sketches are just and discriminating; the selections are admir able, and I have adopted the work as a text-book for my first class. From PROF. MOSES COIT TYLER, of the Michigan University. I have given your book a thorough examination, and am greatly delighted with ; and shall have great pleasure in directing the attention of my classes to a work which affords so admirable a bird's-eye view of recent "English Literature." From the Saturday Review. It acquaints the reader with the characteristic method, tone, and quality of all the chief notabilities of the period, and will give the careful student a better idea of the recent history of English Literature than nine educated Englishmen in ten possess. From the Methodist Quarterly Review, New York. This work is a transcript of the best American mind; a vehicle of the noblest American spirit. No parent who would introduce his child to a knowledge of our country's literature, and at the same time indoctrinate his heart in the purest principles, need fear to put this manual in the youthful hand. From REV. C. PEIRCE, Principal, West Newton, Mass. I do not believe the work is to be found from which, within the same limits, so much interesting and valuable information in regard to English writers and English literature of every age, can be obtained; and it deserves to find a place in all our high schools and academies, as well as in every private library. From the Independent. 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