Transcriber's Notes: 1. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. Table of Contents added by Transcriber. James, Esq. Foolscap 8vo, 5 s. This new and attractive Series of Mr. James's Works is published Quarterly. It commenced on the 1st of July, , and the following Volumes have already appeared The following are Extracts from a few of the favourable Reviews which have appeared of this Series:. This edition is well got up, the type is clear, sharp, and legible, and the size convenient for the reader, and appropriate for the shelves of a bookcase.
The book, as it is, will form a pleasing addition to the collections of literature of the class to which it belongs. It, moreover, possesses the advantage of being revised and corrected by the author, --no small recommendations, since the generality of Mr.
James's works being connected with history, a careful perusal of his productions increases their value. James is a writer whose vraisemblance is always so perfect, and even what he invents so like truth, that we can never fancy we are reading fiction, nor indeed are we, in the historical portions of his publications,--and these form the far greater division,--which are all drawn from deep study and elaborate comparison.
James is a pure and pleasing writer, and we are glad to see that his Works are now to be thrown into a handy, handsome, and accessible shape. Price 10s. Splendidly illustrated on Steel by Franklin and Hablot K. Hablot K. Browne H. Essai sur les Fictions. I should have confined myself to expressing, in terms of unfeigned admiration and respect, my gratitude for the interest which Your Imperial Majesty is pleased to take in the literature of my country, and in the efforts of so humble an individual as myself, had I not felt that the work which you have permitted me to inscribe to your name is in every way unworthy of being presented to one, alike illustrious by talents and virtues, and by rank.
At the time that Your Imperial Majesty's gracious message was communicated to me, the following pages were not only written, but in the press; and my strong desire to obey your commands without any delay, induces me to dedicate this work to you, although it is in some degree connected with a former production, already, I believe, in Your Majesty's possession. Under other circumstances, I might have laboured, though I certainly should have laboured in vain, to produce a work worthy of your acceptance; but I must then have delayed long what I was eager to perform promptly; and, most assuredly, nothing that I could have written would have worthily testified the admiration and pleasure with which I have marked, from afar, the immense efforts of yourself and your Imperial Consort to encourage literature and science in your dominions, and to improve the moral and social condition of your subjects.
