A LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE, including many particulars respecting the Poet and his Family, never before published, by J. O. HALLIWELL, F.R.S., &c. In one handsome volume, 8vo, illustrated with 76 engravings on wood, of objects, most of which are new, from drawings by Fairholt, cloth. 15s 1848

This work contains upwards of forty documents respecting Shakespeare and his family, never before published, besides numerous others, indirectly illustrating the Poet's biography. All the anecdotes and traditions concernShakespeare are here, for the first time, collected, and much new light is thrown on his personal history, by papers exhibiting him as selling Malt, Stone, &c. Of the seventy-six engravings which illustrate the volume, more than fifty have never before been engraved.

It is the only life of Shakespeare to be bought separately from his works. NEW ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LIFE, STUDIES, AND WRITINGS OF SHAKESPEARE, by the Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER. 2 vols. 8vo, cloth. 78 6d (original price £1. 1s) 1845 Supplementary to all editions of the works of the Poet. Part 2, price 3s., and Parts 3, 4, and 5, together price 3s., may be had to complete copies.

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CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE TEXT OF SHAKESPEARE; together with Notes on his Plays and Poems, by the late W. Sidney Walker. Edited by W. Nanson Lettsom. 3 vols. foolscap 8vo, cloth. 18s "Very often we find ourselves differing from Mr. Walker on readings and interpretations, but we seldom differ from him without respect for his scholarship and care His are not the wild guesses at truth which neither gods nor men have stomach to endnre, but the suggestions of a trained intelligence and a chastened taste. Future editors and commentators will be bound to consult these volumes, and consider their suggestions."-Athenæum.

A valuable addition to our Philological Literature, the most valuable part being the remarks on contemporay literature, and the mass of learning by which the exact meaning and condition of a word is sought to be established." -Literary Gazette. SHAKESPEARE'S VERSIFICATION, and its Apparent Irregularities explained by Examples from early and late English Writers, by the late W. SIDNEY WALKER. Foolscap 8vo, cloth. 68 1854

"The reader of Shakespeare would do well to make himself acquainted with this excellent little book previous to entering upon the study of the poet."-Mr. Singer, in the Preface to his New Edition of Shakespeare.

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HERE is hardly any Thing which has been

more abus'd than the art of Criticism; it has

has been turned to so many bad Purposes among us, that the very Word it self has almost totally lost its genuine and natural Signification; for People generally understand by Criticism, finding fault with a Work; and from thence, when we call a Man a Critick, we usually mean, one disposed to blame, and seldom to commend: Whereas, in Truth, a real Critick, in the proper Sense of that Word, is one whose constant endeavour it is to set in the best Light all Beauties, and to touch upon Defects no more than is necessary; to point out how such may be avoided for the future, and to settle, if possible, a right Taste among those of the Age in which he lives.