** This is a vorume 1 well-selected short pieces, and also
with extracts from larger poems, all of which are already
stamped with approbation by the popular taste, and adapted
to the young. The explanatory notes are useful; and the
critical remarks are in general those of writers on whose judg-
ment and taste reliance may be placed as Campbell, Carlyle,
&c., &ec. The work is deserving of commendation, as com-
prehending much that is excellent—the very flowers and

ems of English poetry—and nothing exceptionable ’—

ait’s Magazine.

This publication is very superior to the common run of
school-books. The specimens illustrate different styles of
poetry and belong to successive ages while due care has

een taken that the moral tendency should be unexception-
able.” —Baptist Magazine.

‘Mr. Payne is entitled to the highest praise for the care
bestowed on the antiquated orthography of the earlier au-
thors, and the ability and judgment displayed in the
annexed notes throughout the volume.” — The Student.

“We regard his (Mr. Payne’s) idea of making poetry
subservient to the study of philology, as a very happy one;
and are convinced by the character of the foot-notes, and
the biographical and critical sketches interspersed through-
out the volume, that the subject could not have fallen into
abler hands. We hope to see Mr. Payne’s ‘Studies’ be-
come a standard educational book. It is beautifully got up,
in a style more adapted for the drawing-room than the
school, and at a price so moderate as to place it within the
reach of all.”— Youth's Magazine.

«‘ This selection of poetry is made from our best writers,
from Chaucer downwards, and is varied and enlivened by
short biographical sketches. The work is intended as a
text-book for the higher classes in schools, and as an intro-
duction to the study of English Literature. We think it
well adapted to its end.” —British Quarterly Review.

«‘ This is one of the best publications of the kind we are
acquainted with. It has our unqualified approbation as ad-
mirably adapted to the higher orders of schools. It follows
out the laudable object of its beautiful predecessor, ‘ Select
Poetry for Children,’ in an effective manner, by an ample
supply of materials for the cultivation of the youthful taste.
—Christian Witness.

 

ARTHUR HALL, VIRTUE & CO, 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.