Carey & Hart's Catalog Part 5

_Collected and Edited by his Son._

In One Volume 8vo., with a Portrait, $1 75.

THE POEMS OF FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD.

Ill.u.s.trated by the best artists.

_In one volume octavo, uniform, with Carey & Hart's ill.u.s.trated Bryant, Willis, &c._

The following exquisitely finished line engravings are from original designs, by our most celebrated painters, and are executed in the highest style of art:--Portrait of the Auth.o.r.ess; Hope; A Child playing with a Watch; The Reaper; Ida; Old Friends; The Child's Portrait; Little Red Riding Hood; The Life Boat; Twilight Hours; The Arab and his Steed; Zuleika.

"There is nothing mechanical about her; all is buoyant, overflowing, irrepressible vivacity, like the bubbling up of a natural fountain. In her almost childish playfulness, she reminds us of that exquisite creation of Fouque, Undine, who knew no law but that of her own waywardness. The great charm of her poetry is its unaffected simplicity.

It is the transparent simplicity of truth, reflecting the feeling of the moment like a mirror."--_Rev. Dr. Davidson._

"In all the poems of Mrs. Osgood, we find occasion to admire the author as well as the works. Her spontaneous and instinctive effusions appear, in a higher degree than any others in our literature, to combine the rarest and highest capacities in art with the sincerest and deepest sentiments and the n.o.blest aspirations. They would convince us, if the beauty of her life were otherwise unknown, that Mrs. Osgood is one of the loveliest characters in the histories of literature or society."--_Pennsylvania Inquirer and Courier._

"The position of Mrs. Osgood, as a graceful and womanly poetess, is fixed, and will be enduring. To taste of faultless delicacy, a remarkable command of poetical language, great variety of cadence, and a most musical versification, she has added recently the highest qualities of inspiration, imagination, and pa.s.sion, in a degree rarely equalled in the productions of women.... The reputation which Mrs. Osgood enjoys, as one of the most amiable, true-hearted, and brilliant ladies in American society, will add to the good fortune of a book, the intrinsic excellence and beauty of which will secure for it a place among the standard creations of female genius."--_Home Journal._

POETICAL LIBRARY.

THE POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE, ENGLAND, AMERICA, Etc.

CAREY & HART have just published in four splendid volumes, beautifully ill.u.s.trated, and uniform in size with their new edition of "_THE MODERN ESSAYISTS_," _and forming a suitable companion to that delightful series:_--

THE POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA:

EMBRACING

Selections from the Poetical Literature of the United States, from the Time of the Revolution,

WITH A

_Preliminary Essay on the Progress and Condition of Poetry in this Country, and Biographical and Critical Notices of the most eminent Poets._

By RUFUS W. GRISWOLD.

EIGHTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

Elegantly bound in Col'd Calf and Morocco.

Price $5 00, or in Cloth Gilt, $3 00.

"We think in the 500 pages of this beautiful volume, the reader will find nearly all that is worth reading in American Poetry."--_Boston Post._

"Mr. G has done a service to our literature which eminently ent.i.tles him to the regard and favor of a discerning and impartial public."--_National Intelligencer._

"No better selection from the poetry of our native bards has ever been made, and no person could do better with the materials than Mr. Griswold has done."--_Boston Transcript._

THE POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE:

WITH

Biographical Notices and Translations,

_From the Earliest Period to the Present Time._

By HENRY W. LONGFELLOW.

In One Large 8vo. Volume, 750 Pages.

Morocco elegant, $5 50, or cloth gilt, $3 75.

Which comprises translations from the following: Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Swedish, Dutch, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. &c.

"It is the most complete work of the kind in English literature."--_Boston Courier._

"A more desirable work for the scholar or man of taste has scarcely ever been issued in the United States."--_N. Y. Tribune._

ILl.u.s.tRATED POEMS.

BY MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,

With Designs by F. O. C. Darley,

ENGRAVED BY DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS.

_With a Portrait of the Auth.o.r.ess by Cheney after Freeman._

LIST OF ILl.u.s.tRATIONS.

The Divided Burden--A Landscape--Oriska--The Ancient Family Clock--Eve--The Scottish Weaver--The Indian Summer--Erin's Daughter--The Western Emigrant--The Aged Pastor--The Tomb--The Drooping Team--The Beautiful Maid.

"The volume is a most luxurious and gorgeous one, reflecting the highest credit on its 'getters up;' and we know of nothing from the American press which would form a more acceptable gift-book, or a richer ornament for the centre-table. Of the Poems themselves it is needless to speak."--_Y. Blade._

"In the arts of typography the volume is unsurpa.s.sed; the ill.u.s.trations are numerous and beautiful, and the binder's skill has done its best. We shall speak only of the externals of the volume. Of its contents we will not speak flippantly, nor is it needful that we should say any thing.

The name of Mrs. Sigourney is familiar in every cottage in America. She has, we think, been more generally read than any poetess in the country, and her pure fame is reverently cherished by all."--_N. O. Picayune._

"It is ill.u.s.trated in the most brilliant manner, and is throughout a gem-volume."--_Pa. Inquirer._

"In this production, however, they have excelled themselves. The ill.u.s.trations are truly beautiful, and are exquisitely engraved. The entire execution of the volume is a proud evidence of the growing superiority of book-making on the part of American publishers."--_Dollar Newspaper._

"This work, so beautifully embellished, and elegantly printed, containing the select writings of one of the most celebrated female poets of America, cannot fail to be received with approbation."--_Newburyport Paper._