“MR. MURRAY’S Family Library.... A title, which, from the valuable and entertaining matter the collection contains, as well as from the careful style of its execution, it well deserves. No family, indeed, in which there are children to be brought up, ought to be without this _Library_, as it furnishes the readiest resources for that education, which ought to accompany or succeed that of the boarding-school or the academy, and is infinitely more conducive than either to the cultivation of the intellect.”--_Monthly Review._ LONDON: WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., 85, QUEEN STREET, CHEAPSIDE. ADDRESS. It is a source of no inconsiderable gratification to find the anticipations with which the FAMILY LIBRARY was commenced exceeded by its success, and the liberal patronage bestowed on it. The best proof of this is the fact that of many of the volumes more than 40,000 copies have been sold in this country alone. It has been warmly commended in the journals of Great Britain, in those of France, Germany, Italy, and other parts of Europe. Its general estimation is also proved by its having been reprinted in America, and translated into most of the Continental Languages. Upon the copyright alone of the Works of the Series, upwards of £12,000 has been expended, and the list of Contributors embraces the distinguished names of SIR WALTER SCOTT, BART. MR. SOUTHEY. MR. LOCKHART. REV. H. H. MILMAN. WASHINGTON IRVING. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. MR. TYTLER. REV. J. WILLIAMS. MR. BARROW (of the Admiralty). REV. J. J. BLUNT. REV. E. SMEDLEY. REV. G. R. GLEIG. SIR DAVID BREWSTER. MR. COLERIDGE. MAJOR SIR F. B. HEAD. MR. DAVENPORT. MR. CROFTON CROKER. MR. LANDER. CYRUS EDMONDS. MR. BUCKE. W. E. AYTOUN. REV. T. CHETWODE EUSTACE. MR. ROSCOE. SIR FRANCIS PALGRAVE. With the assistance of persons of such eminent talent was commenced the design of supplying the deficiencies of English Literature, by a series of Standard Works, which, with excellence of execution, should combine the advantages of lowness of price, convenience of size and form, and elegance of illustration. While the moderate cost has placed the Work within the reach of all classes of Readers, the interesting nature of the subjects, and the popular mode of treating them, render it well suited for the perusal of Young Persons, and calculated to stimulate in them a taste for Literature and Science. In the beauty of its Embellishments, the FAMILY LIBRARY has surpassed all its Contemporaries; and no pains or cost have been spared to render each Volume as attractive externally, as it will prove entertaining and useful on perusal. With these recommendations, this Publication will be found to deserve a conspicuous place in every well-selected Library; and as it may be purchased in its complete state, or separate, _each work being complete in itself_, it will furnish valuable Literary Presents, adapted to the means and tastes of all classes of Purchasers.