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Captain Clapperton's Second (and Last) Travels in Africa, 2 vols 4to, with plates.

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Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole, by Captain Parry, plates.

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Twelve Years' Military Adventures in India, the Peninsula, &c. 2 vols.

Tales of a Voyager, First Series, 3 vols.

Tales of a Voyager, Second Series, 3 vols.

Annual Biography for the year 1828. Just published.
Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, 2 vols.

Dr Walsh's Travels to Constantinople, with plates.

This is an exceedingly interesting little Work at the present moment, inasmuch as it developes the resources of the Turk. ish Empire, and the prospects of Russian conquest. Notions of the Americans, by Cooper, 2 vols.

Life and Voyages of Columbus, by Washington Irving, 4 vols. Private Anecdotes of Foreign Courts, 2 vols.

Life and Times of Sir Jonah Barrington, 2 vols.

History of the Rebellion in 1638, under Montrose, 2 vols.

History of the Rebellion in 1745, 2 vols.

Life and Memoirs of Admiral Collingwood.

Lord Byron and his Contemporaries, by Hunt, 2 vols. plates.

Dr Granville's Travels to St Petersburgh, 4 vols. plates.

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The Night Watch; or, Tales of the Sea, 2 vols.

Sketches of Persia, by Sir John Malcolm, 2 vols.

Zillah, a Tale of Jerusalem, by the Author of "Brambletye

House," 4 vols.

Salathiel; or, the Wandering Jew, 3 vols.

De Lisle; or, the Sensitive Man, 3 vols.

Trials of Life, by the same Author, 3 vols.

Tales of Passion, 3 vols.-Each volume separate Tales.

Tales of the Great St Bernard, 3 vols.

Hungarian Tales, 3 vols.-Each volume separate Tales,

Restalrig, by the Authoress of St Johnstoun, 2 vols.

Pelham; or the Adventures of a Gentleman, 3 vols.

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Sailors and Saints, 3 vols.

Tales of a Grandfather, First and Second Series, 3 vols, each. Wilmot Warwick. Pieces.

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Sir Walter Scott's Tales of a Grandfather-Hamiltonian System of Education-Memoirs of the Court of Napoleon-The Anglo-Irish-Banking-Jeremy Bentham and Edinburgh Review -Public Records -Dry Rot-Misfortunes of Elphin-Disabilities of the Jews-Law of Literary Property and Patents-Political Police of France-Poor Humphry-Voyages of Discovery to the North Pole-Newspapers-Forty Shilling Freeholders, &c.

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Tales of an Antiquary, (Stories of London in the Olden Time,) NEW EDITION OF SPALDING'S HISTORY.

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The Naval Sketch Book, 2 vols.

The Picture of Scotland, by R. Chambers, 2 vols.

The Military Sketch Book, 2 vols.

Yes and No, by Lord Normanby, 2 vols.

Coming Out, by Miss Porter, 3 vols.

The Shepherd's Calendar, by James Hogg, 2 vols.
Yesterday in Ireland, 3 vols.

A Reply to Sir Walter Scott's Napoleon, by Louis Bonaparte.
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MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS in SCOTLAND, from the Year 1624 to 1645; containing an interesting Narrative of the Proceedings of the great Families in Scotland during that Period-Rising of the Highland Clans in Arms-Origin and Progress of the Covenanters, their Battles, Sieges, &c.; and many other remarkable particulars connected with these times of Civil and Ecclesiastical Commotion.

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IV. The Work will be completed in FORTY VOLUMES, commencing with WAVERLEY, and closing with WoODSTOCK. The

Connected with Science, Literature, and the Arts. Author's additions will form about two of these Forty Volumes.

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WITH A GENERAL PREFACE,

AN INTRODUCTION TO EACH NOVEL,
AND NOTES, HISTORICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE, BY
THE AUTHOR.

Embellished with Frontispieces and Vignette Titles, from Designs
Executed expressly for the present Edition, by the
MOST EMINENT ARTISTS.

AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

**The Edition is so far advanced at press, that regularity of publication may be depended on; and, to such subscribers as may wish to have some of the Novels complete on the appearance of the first volume of each respectively, the Publishers have to state, that the whole of WAVERLEY may be had on the first of June, in 2 vols. for 10s.

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LEDGE commenced on the 31st MARCH,

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For the convenience of those who prefer a weekly purchase of this Series, each Half-Volume will be subdivided into four Num. bers, one of which will be issued every Saturday (after the publication of the Half-Volume,) price Sixpence. The Series commences with the following Work:THE MENAGERIES;

It has been the occasional occupation of the Author of Waverley, for several years past, to revise and correct the voluminous series of Novels which pass under that name; in order that, if they should ever appear as his avowed productions, he might render them in some degree deserving of a continuance of the public favour with which they have been honoured ever since their first appearance. For a long period, however, it seemed likely that the improved and illustrated edition which he meditated would be a posthumous publication. But the course of events, which occasioned the disclosure of the Author's name, having, in a great measure, restored to him a sort of parental eontrol over OR, QUADRUPEDS DESCRIBED AND DRAWN FROM these Works, he is naturally induced to give them to the press in a corrected, and, he hopes, an improved form, while life and health permit the task of revising and illustrating them. Such being his purpose, it is necessary to say a few words on the plan of the proposed Edition.

In stating it to be revised and corrected, it is not to be inferred

that any attempt is made to alter the tenor of the stories, the character of the actors, or the spirit of the dialogue. There is no doubt ample room for emendation in all these points,-but where the tree falls it must lie. Any attempt to obviate criticism, however just, by altering a work already in the hands of the public, is generally unsuccessful. In the most improbable fiction, the reader still desires some air of vraisemblance, and does not relish that the incidents of a tale familiar to him should be altered to suit the taste of critics, or the caprice of the author himself. This process of feeling is so natural, that it may be observed even in children, who cannot endure that a nursery story should be repeated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told.

But without altering, in the slightest degree, either the story, or the mode of telling it, the Author has taken this opportunity to correct errors of the press and slips of the pen. That such

should exist cannot be wondered at, when it is considered that

the Publishers found it their interest to hurry through the press a succession of the early editions of the various Novels, and that the Author had not the usual opportunity of revision. It is hoped that the present edition will be found free from errors of that accidental kind.

The Author has also ventured to make some emendations of a different character, which, without being such apparent deviations from the original stories as to disturb the reader's old associations, will, he thinks, add something to the spirit of the dialogue, narrative, or description. These consist in occasional pruning where the language is redundant, compression where the style is loose, infusion of vigour where it is languid, the exchange of less forcible for more appropriate epithets-slight alterations, in short, like the last touches of an artist, which contribute to heighten and finish the picture, though an inexperienced eye can hardly detect in what they consist.

The General Preface to the new Edition, and the Introductory Notices to each separate work, will contain an account of such circumstances attending the first publication of the Novels and Tales, as may appear interesting in themselves, or proper to be communicated to the public. The Author also proposes to pub

lish, on this occasion, the various legends, family traditions, or obscure historical facts, which have formed the ground-work of these Novels, and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid, when these are altogether, or in part, real; as well as a statement of particular incidents founded on fact; together with a more copious Glossary, and Notes explanatory of the ancient customs, and popular superstitions, referred to in the Upon the whole, it is hoped that the Waverley Novels, in their new dress, will not be found to have lost any part of their attractions in consequence of receiving illustrations by the Author, and undergoing his careful revision.

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ADVERTISEMENTS,

IV. The Work will be completed in FORTY VOLUMES, commencing with WAVERLEY, and closing with WoODSTOCK. The

Connected with Science, Literature, and the Arts. | Author's additions will form about two of these Forty Volumes.

WAVERLEY NOVELS.

On the first of June will be published,

INSCRIBED BY PERMISSION

To the King's Most Gracious Majesty,
VOLUME FIRST

OF A NEW EDITION OF

THE WAVERLEY NOVELS;

TO BE CONTINUED IN MONTHLY VOLUMES, REVISED AND
CORRECTED,

WITH A GENERAL PREFACE,

AN INTRODUCTION TO EACH NOVEL,

AND NOTES, HISTORICAL AND ILLUSTRATIVE, BY
THE AUTHOR.

Embellished with Frontispieces and Vignette Titles, from Designs
Executed expressly for the present Edition, by the
MOST EMINENT ARTISTS.

AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT.

It has been the occasional occupation of the Author of Waverley, for several years past, to revise and correct the voluminous series of Novels which pass under that name; in order that, if they should ever appear as his avowed productions, he might render them in some degree deserving of a continuance of the public favour with which they have been honoured ever since their first appearance. For a long period, however, it seemed likely that the improved and illustrated edition which he meditated would be a posthumous publication. But the course of events, which occasioned the disclosure of the Author's name, having, in a great measure, restored to him a sort of parental control over these Works, he is naturally induced to give them to the press in a corrected, and, he hopes, an improved form, while life and health permit the task of revising and illustrating them. Such being his purpose, it is necessary to say a few words on the plan of the proposed Edition.

In stating it to be revised and corrected, it is not to be inferred that any attempt is made to alter the tenor of the stories, the character of the actors, or the spirit of the dialogue. There is no doubt ample room for emendation in all these points,-but where the tree falls it must lie. Any attempt to obviate criticism, however just, by altering a work already in the hands of the public, is generally unsuccessful. In the most improbable fiction, the reader still desires some air of vraisemblance, and does not relish that the incidents of a tale familiar to him should be altered to suit the taste of critics, or the caprice of the author himself. This process of feeling is so natural, that it may be observed even in children, who cannot endure that a nursery story should be repeated to them differently from the manner in which it was first told.

But without altering, in the slightest degree, either the story, or the mode of telling it, the Author has taken this opportunity to correct errors of the press and slips of the pen. That such should exist cannot be wondered at, when it is considered that the Publishers found it their interest to hurry through the press a succession of the early editions of the various Novels, and that the Author had not the usual opportunity of revision. It is hoped that the present edition will be found free from errors of that accidental kind.

The Author has also ventured to make some emendations of a different character, which, without being such apparent deviations from the original stories as to disturb the reader's old associations, will, he thinks, add something to the spirit of the dialogue, narrative, or description. These consist in occasional pruning where the language is redundant, compression where the style is loose, infusion of vigour where it is languid, the exchange of less forcible for more appropriate epithets-slight alterations, in short, like the last touches of an artist, which contribute to heighten and finish the picture, though an inexperienced eye can hardly detect in what they consist.

** The Edition is so far advanced at press, that regularity of publication may be depended on; and, to such subscribers as may wish to have some of the Novels complete on the appearance of the first volume of each respectively, the Publishers have to state, that the whole of WAVERLEY may be had on the first of June, in 2 vols. for 10s.

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SERVER was lately printed and circulated in this City and neighbourhood, but as many of those who are to be readers of the newspaper have not seen this Prospectus, the Proprietors deem it necessary here to repeat the substance of its contents. They have to acknowledge the liberal manner in which the public have come forward in support of their undertaking, and they will anxiously endeavour to adopt such improvements or alterations as are likely to render the paper of increased value to its Readers. LOCAL AFFAIRS.-No exertion shall be spared to render the "OBSERVER" complete in this department. To all passing events and public measures in which the community are interested, that degree of attention shall be given which their importance may demand; and to the free and temperate discussion of such matter the columns of the Paper shall always be open. Reports of the proceedings of Public Bodies will appear, when these can be obtained; and ample space will be devoted to the News of Scotland generally, so as to render the "Observer," as much as possible, a faithful record of Scottish Affairs.

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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.-During the war, and for several years after its termination, Newspapers were expected to contain little else than Public News and Political Intelligence; but latterly a considerable alteration has taken place. A much greater variety of matter is now looked for by the Readers of Newspapers; and, in order to suit the prevailing taste, the "OBSERVER" will contain Notices of New Publications, Extracts from Books of Voyages and Travels, and from the most ably-conducted Periodicals; together with amusing and instructive Selections from the Metropolitan and Provincial Newspapers. ADVERTISING.-Since the notice appeared of the intended Pub

The General Preface to the new Edition, and the Introductory Notices to each separate work, will contain an account of such circumstances attending the first publication of the Novels and Tales, as may appear interesting in themselves, or proper to be communicated to the public. The Author also proposes to publication of the "OBSERVER," so many respectable Subscribers lish, on this occasion, the various legends, family traditions, or obscure historical facts, which have formed the ground-work of these Novels, and to give some account of the places where the scenes are laid, when these are altogether, or in part, real; as well as a statement of particular incidents founded on fact; together with a more copious Glossary, and Notes explanatory of the ancient customs, and popular superstitions, referred to in the Romances.

Upon the whole, it is hoped that the Waverley Novels, in their new dress, will not be found to have lost any part of their attractions in consequence of receiving illustrations by the Author, and undergoing his careful revision.

ABBOTSFORD, January 1829.

PLAN OF THE WORK.

I. The size to be royal 18mo, printed in the very best manner, and hot-pressed; each volume to contain about 400 pages, price 58. done up in cloth.

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III. Each volume to have a Frontispiece and Vignette titlepage, both containing subjects illustrative of the Novel to which they are attached.

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MARTIAL.

MR FORD'S COLLECTION OF BOOKS,
PRINTS, PICTURES, &c.

IN Mr FORD's Advertisement, in last week's

Literary Journal, there occurred two important Typographical errors, in the names of two of the Artists, which, as they rendered them unintelligible, we now correct.

For Myters, read Mytens."
Dobran, Dobson.

And we are requested also to make the following additions to his
fine Portrait of Dobson, painted by Himself; Queen Elizabeth,
former Advertisement:-The other Portraits not named, are, a
Isaac Newton, by Mrs Beale.
when young, by Zuccaro; Ben Jonson, by Jansen; and Str

Among the Books are some curious and early copies of the BiBLE, both MS. and printed; of the former, one is written in 1367, and the other, (a kind of Scholastic Hist. of the Bible,) is by Peter Comestor, who died in 1198.-v. N. Dict. Historique. Of the latter, there is an early Lat. version, (St Jerom's,) printed in 1512, which has belonged to the Abbey of Melross-" Melrossensis Li

Published by G. A. DOUGLAS, 19, Castle Street; SIMPKIN and ber, 1513," and appears to have been the property of a person of MARSHALL, London; and JOHN CUMMING, Dublin.

THE

all.

This day is published,
In one thick vol price 7s. 6d.
PRACTICE OF COOKERY.
By Mrs DALGAIRNS.

• This volume contains a complete System of Practical
Cookery, expressly adapted to the business of every-day life. The
arrangements, and the composition throughout, are such as to
make references easy--and the directions perfectly intelligible to
Printed for CADELL and Co. 11, St Andrew Square,
burgh.
By whom were lately published,
TALES of a GRANDFATHER. SECOND SERIES.
By Sir WALTER SCOTT, Bart. 3 vols. 18mo, 10s. 6d.
TALES of a GRANDFATHER. FIRST SERIES.
A New Edition, 3 vols. 10s. 6d.

And who will publish very shortly, ANNE of GEIERSTEIN.

WAVERLEY. 3 vols.

the name of "Arch. Stewart."

Of Mr Ford's collection of PRINTS, which forms the most curious and most extensive part of his Collection, (here,) he may add, that it is rich in the early Masters of the various Schools of Art, and comprises, in the Italian School, fine examples of the works of Mantegna, Francia, Beccafumi, Daven, Parmigiano, Scholars, v. M. da Ravenna, Ag. Veneziano, Julio Bonasone, En. &c.; is particularly rich in the works of Marc Antonio and his Vico, the Ghisi, &c.; also the Caracci, Lanfranco, Badalocchio, Guido and Scholars. The German School contains numerous and fine specimens of the Engravings of J. v. Mechenen, M. Schoen, Van Edin-Compel, the Master of the Gothic S. of 1470, Albert Durer, the Little Masters, (as they are usually called,) the Wierizes, and particularly, a fine and complete set of the extraordinary Engravings by COUNT GOUDT, Hollar, &c. The Dutch and Flemish Schools will be found to be equally choice, and to contain many of the works of Lucas van Leyden, Breughel, Bos, Floris, Goltzius, Rubens, Vandyck, Rembrandt, the Vischers, Teniers, Ostade, Dusart, Bega, &c.; and in the department of Landscape and Cattle are many of the recherché and estimable productions of a long list of great names in Art, ns-Potter, Berchem, P. de Later, Du Jardin, Jean van Acken, Ruysdacl, Waterloo, Naiwinck, and many others, too numerous to mention; but he must not omit the celebrated names of Claude and Poussin, in Landscape, and Perelle's fine work, the Life of Christ, in 60 Etchings, with curious variations, from the collection of Sir Jos. Reynolds.

By the AUTHOR of

TRAVELS in NORTH AMERICA. By Captain BASIL HALL, R.N. 3 vols.

HENRY'S BIBLE, COMPLETE.

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in cloth,

His collection of English PORTRAITS, though mentioned last, is not the least important, and worthy of attention by the Collector; containing some singularly fine and rare specimens by Payne, the Passes, Marshall, Delaram, White, Faithorne, Hollar, Vertue, &c.; and his works of Modern Art, though very

AN EXPOSITION of the OLD and NEW small, are, at the same time, very select; containing many choice

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Proofs by Ryland, Bartolozzi, Fitler, &c., and some Amateur
Etchings by Ladies of distinguished rank, as well as taste-the
late Duchess of Devonshire, Ladies Dashwood, Greville, Crewe,
Bates, White, Foster, &c.

ring the present month, at Mrs Scorr's Lodgings, No. 10, George
The Collection will remain upon View and Sale only du-
Street, and may be seen any time during the day from 10 till 1.

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