Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 3 of 3)Scargill, William Pitt
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Blue-Stocking Hall, (Vol. 3 of 3)
Scargill, William Pitt
Epistolary fiction; Women -- Conduct of life -- Fiction; Women -- Education -- Fiction
“In the article of young ladies, unlike all other national
manufactures, our exports considerably exceed our imports.
Gentlemen _may_ travel to study laws and politics, artists _may_
travel to improve themselves, but few girls leave their home,
except on speculation.”--_Introduction._
“This text is amusingly illustrated and exemplified by the author
of this work, who has given some sketches of speculating aunts,
flirting daughters, and manœuvring mothers, that will startle
some of our fashionable Anglo-Italians.”
7. The CONTINUATION of VIVIAN GREY. Forming Vols. 3, 4, and 5. Second
Edition, price 31s. 6d.
“We hail the author as a master in his art: and we may venture to
appeal to the work he has produced, as at once a prognostic and
accomplishment of original invention, that rare faculty in the
genius of this age.”
“These volumes abound with passages not surpassed for their
beauty in our literature. Delicacy and sweetness are mingled with
impressive eloquence and energetic truth. The magic of the style
simply consists in the emotions of the writer. He is a thinker
who makes others think; and these volumes will be reperused at
intervals with the delight of novelty.”
8. The NATCHEZ; an INDIAN TALE. By the VISCOUNT DE CHATEAUBRIAND, Author
of “Atala,” “The Beauties of Christianity,” &c. &c. In 3 vols. small 8vo.
24s.; French, 18s.
“The beautiful stories of Atala and René were merely episodes of
the tale of ‘The Natchez,’ which, though lately published, was
written thirty years ago, in the desert, and beneath the huts of
savages. The plot of this romance is truly singular, it deviates
from all beaten tracks, and exhibits manners and incidents to
which Europe is an utter stranger.”
“There are Scenes and Portraits in this Romance which the pencil
of genius has exquisitely touched; and which will ensure it fame
and favour of no trivial description.”--_Literary Chron._
9. TALES of a VOYAGER. 3 vols. post 8vo. 28s. 6d.
“The Author’s forte is essentially humorous, and his humour is
of the spirit and quality of Washington Irving’s, combined with
infinitely more fancy and vivacity.”--_New Times._
10. CONFESSIONS of an OLD BACHELOR. In 1 vol. post 8vo. 10s. 6d.
“Whoever this old bachelor may be, we hesitate not to
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tribunal.”--_Literary Chronicle._
11. FALKLAND. 1 vol. post 8vo. 9s. 6d.
“Is this her fault or mine?
The tempter, or the tempted, who sins most?”--_Shakspeare._
12. MATILDA: a Tale of the Day. Fourth Edition, in 2 vols. small 8vo. 14s.
“Blush I not?
Can you not read my fault writ in my cheek?
Is not my crime there?”
13. HYDE NUGENT; a Tale of Fashionable Life. 3 vols. post 8vo. 1l. 8s. 6d.
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