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Whately's Logic. Elements of Logic. Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana; with Additions, &c. By Richard Whately, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. 12mo. pp. 360.

'In an age marked for the fertility of its novel theories and doctrines, in science as well as religion, the subject treated of in this volume would seem to recommend itself to every person who desires to reason forcibly or correctly. This elementary treatise holds a very high rank among the educational works of the day, having been introduced into many of the best managed and popular seminaries of learning, both in England and the United States. It is got up in the usually correct and beautiful style of most Boston books.'-Merchant's Magazine.

Questions for Examination in Whately's Elements of Logic. Prepared by a Teacher.

Whately's Rhetoric. Elements of Rhetoric. Comprising the Substance of the Article in the Encyclopædia Metropolitana; with Additions, &c. By Richard Whately, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. 12mo. pp. 360. Both have been well received, and that which we are now to speak of [the Rhetoric] is adopted as a text-book in our higher seminaries.'-American Monthly Review.

Questions for Examination in Whately's Elements of Rhetoric. Prepared by a Teacher.

Whately's Lessons on Reasoning. Easy Lessons on Reasoning, in Seventeen Lessons, by Richard Whately, D. D., Archbishop of Dublin. 1 vol. 12mo. pp. 164.

In offering to the consideration of teachers and others the stereotype editions of the above works, the publishers would say, that both works have been carefully revised by a practical teacher. The questions were made by one who has long felt the need of a text-book with questions for examination, and it is believed that these will meet the desired object in al respects.

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WOOLSEY'S GREEK TRAGEDIES.

The Alcestis of Euripides, with Notes, for the Use of Colleges in the United States. By T. D. Woolsey, Professor of Greek in Yale College. 12mo. 3d edition. The Antigone of Sophocles, with Notes, &c. 12mo.

"The form in which Mr. Woolsey has given these works to the public is neat and convenient; and they are printed with Mr. Folsom's well-known accuracy. The text of the Alcestis, selected by Mr. Woolsey, is that of William Dindorf, contained in the Poetæ Scenici Græci, published at Leipzig and London in 1830. This text has received the approbation of Hermann, from whose judgment in such matters there lies no appeal. A well written preface contains a clear statement of the subject-matter of the play, with a critique on the several characters brought out in the development of the plot. A brief, but comprehensive view of the poetical genius of Euripides, in which his beauties are pointed out and his faults touched upon with a discriminating hand, gives additional interest to the volume. The body of notes at the end are remarkable for a union of deep learning, acute judgment, and fine taste.

The preface and commentary to the Antigone are even more creditable to Mr. Woolsey's ability than those to the Alcestis. The sketch of the poem, in the preface, is written with clearness and brevity. The difficulties in this play, that call for a commentator's explanation, are far more numerous than in the Alcestis. In Mr. Woolsey's commentaries on these numberless knotty passages, he puts them together in a more intelligible form, and shows a sharper perception of delicate shades of meaning, than we have ever met with in the explanations of any other edition whatever. 'We conclude this notice by again expressing our satisfaction at the appearance of these works. They are not only honorable to the taste and talent of Mr. Woolsey, but will bring reputation to the classical scholarship of our country. Among all the books of this kind, prepared either at home or in England, for students and private readers, we are not acquainted with any which are equal to these in variety of merit. Trollope's Pentalogia does not bear the slightest comparison with them, in the copiousness, elegance, or value of the commentary. We are glad to learn that Professor Woolsey is at work on two more tragedies, the Prometheus Bound and the Electra. When these shall have been published, the lovers of classical literature will be provided with a series of the master-pieces of the Attic drama, illustrated by the blended lights of grammatical, philological, and historical learning, under the guidance of a discriminating judgment, and a ready sympathy with all that is beautiful in poetical inspiration and sublime in moral sentiment.'-North American Review.

The Prometheus of Aeschylus, with Notes, &c.

12mo.

The Electra of Sophocles, with Notes, &c. 12mo

"Professor Woolsey has now completed his proposed course of Greek Tragedies. We hope the reception of these admirable works among the teachers and scholars of our country will induce Mr. Woolsey to follow up the career he has so brilliantly entered upon. It is an uncommon thing in any country, for a mind of nice poetical sensibilities to be engaged in critical labors, or to have the necessary patience in the acquisition of exact knowledge, to qualify it for such a task; but so fortunate a conjunction between profound and accurate learning and delicate taste, when it does take place, brings out something which men will not willingly let die.' --North American Review.

This Course has been introduced into Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Bow doin, and many other Colleges.

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JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY'S PUBLICATIONS.

The Iliad of Homer, from the Text of Wolf. With English Notes. Edited by C. C. Felton, A. M., College Professor of Greek in Harvard University. 12mo. 'The Notes are brief and appropriate, always in good taste, and wholly free from pedantry. The execution of the work is, in all respects, entitled to the highest praise. Its typography is rich and beautiful; and, so far as we have examined, we have found it executed with great accuracy. We have no hesitation in saying that this edition of the Iliad is as creditable to the American Press as to the taste and learning of its editor.'-North American Review.

'We have examined this volume with great satisfaction. The beauty of the print, and the extreme accuracy which prevails throughout, are highly creditable both to the editor and to the accomplished scholar who is at the head of the University Press. The book would adorn any library.'—Ameri can Quarterly Review.

We very much question whether, with all our preeminence above the Americans in the elegances of life, we could produce a school-book that should, by its beauty, vie in any degree with the HOMER of Professor Felton.'-London Examiner, 1843.

The same Work, 8vo., with Flaxman's Plates, in Press.

The Greek Reader. By Frederic Jacobs. With an enlarged and complete Lexicon. From the twelfth German edition. 12mo. Edited by Pickering.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACE.

It is proper to state, in the first place, that this edition contains the whole of the former text, with considerable additional matter, consisting of prose and poetry. To the poetical part, have been added some of the most beautiful and entirely unexceptionable odes of Anacreon, and extracts from Bion and Moschus.

'The text and Lexicon have been carefully compared, to ascertain what omissions, either of words or appropriate meanings, existed in the latter, to supply such deficiencies, and to insert the words which occur in the additional extracts above mentioned. The number of these additions to the Lexicon amounts to more than a thousand.'

'The Greek Reader, having been compiled by one of the leading scholars of the age, is prepared throughout in a pure and masterly manner; proceeds methodically from the simplest combination of words to the common attic style; and is so composed, that while the rules of grammar are illustrated in easy succession, an outline is given of mythology, ancient geography, and Grecian history. It is used in almost all the good schools in Germany, and has there gained a decided expression of public opinion in its favor, as the best of the many similar works, which have been produced by the scholars of that prolific country.

In regard to the American edition, the chief question concerns its accuracy; and this quality it possesses in an eminent degree. As the Notes and Lexicon are in English, it affords the means of learning Greek without the embarrassing intervention of another foreign tongue.'-N. A. Review. 'SALEM, Feb. 13, 1838.

'I have examined the copy of the last edition of the Greek Reader," which you sent me, and have carefully compared it with the New York edition. I find yours decidedly superior. It is on better paper, and better printed; the typographical execution being, in all respects, nearly faultless. But the greatest improvement is in the Lexicon. This is now scarcely susceptible of further improvement. In fact, it is one of the neatest Greek school-books that has been issued from the American press.

Respectfully yours,,

1 'OLIVER CARLTON, Master Publie Latin School'

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BOWEN'S VIRGIL.

Virgil; with English Notes, prepared for the Use of Classical Schools and Colleges. By Francis Bowen, A. M. 1 vol. 8vo. 600 pp.

EXTRACTS FROM THE PREFACE.

The Notes are designedly made very copious. They are intended to afford so much aid, that a pupil of ordinary capacity and diligence, who nas studied the usual elementary books in Latin, will be enabled to read and understand Virgil, even without the aid of an instructor. The copious materials afforded by the commentaries of the old grammarians, and by the rich annotations of Martyn, Ruæus, Heyne, and some later German editors, have been carefully revised, and whatever matter they contain, suited for the comprehension of young persons, I have endeavored to present in English, in the most condensed form.

The Notes are also designed to point out, in part, the beauties and defects of Virgil's compositions, and to form the taste and judgment of the pupil, by encouraging him to apply the general principles of criticism with as little hesitation, as if he were reading a modern English poet. Quotations from modern poets have been sparingly introduced, where a passage seemed to invite comparison, in the hope of stimulating the student's curiosity, and of heightening his relish for poetry.

The merited reputation of the Latin Grammar by Messrs. Andrews and Stoddard is a sufficient reason for adopting it, as the manual of reference in all the notes relating to etymology and syntax.'

NOTICES OF THE WORK.

'This edition of Virgil is one of the most accurately printed classics that have appeared in the United States. In his performance of the editorial duties, Mr. Bowen has done all that can be expected to instruct and entertain the young pupil, who is too often driven through the works of the great Roman poet, not only without obtaining any just views of his poetical character, or feeling any interest in the masterpieces of the Latin muse, but with a repugnance and disgust for tasks that are beyond his years, and unintelligible for want of the historical and antiquarian learning necessary to their comprehension.

'The text of this edition is a very good one; the type is clear and handsome; the page well proportioned; and the book is, therefore, typographically, a very attractive one.

The commentaries in this edition have the substance of ripe and varied scholarship, free from all pedantic display. And the little summaries at the close of each book will serve to clear up and arrange the student's ideas, which are generally vague and uncertain from the piecemeal method in which he has studied the poet.'-North American Review.

'We have read a large portion of Mr. Bowen's Notes, and like them much. They are excellently adapted to make the student not merely understand the meaning of Virgil's words, but to make him feel all those exquisite touches, for which the poetry of the illustrious Roman is so distinguished.' -Christian Examiner.

'This is a work of very great merit, and without disparaging the other good editions of Virgil which are before the public, we have no hesitation in giving the palm to this. The editor is a ripe and sound scholar, of correct judgment and fastidious taste; independent in his views, and forming his own conclusions, without undue bias from great names. To his edition he has devoted a great deal of time, and he has performed his task in a conscien tious spirit, which has left nothing unexplained which required elucida tion. The great merit of this edition is its fulness.'-Boston Courier.

'It is a very valuable addition to the resources of the classical scholar. Mr. Bowen's experience in teaching has been such, that he knows where assistance is wanted by the young reader, and how it ought to be given; his intimate acquaintance with the language gives an assurance that the accuracy of the work may be relied upon.—Boston Daily Advertiser.