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On the 1st of January, 1854, will be commenced THE NEW ANNOTATED EDITION of
the ENGLISH POETS; by ROBERT BELL, Author of "The History of Russia,"
"Lives of the English Poets," &c.
To be published in Monthly Volumes, fcap. 8vo., price 2s. 6d. each,
combining those features of Research, Typographical Elegance, and Economy
of Price, which the present age demands. The text will be carefully
collated, and accompanied by Biographical, Critical, and Historical Notes.
Each Poet will be independent of the rest; chronological sequence will not
be observed in the issue of the works, but will be adjusted by general
title-pages on the completion of the Series.
The Series will commence with the Works of DRYDEN, the First Volume of
which will appear on the 1st of January, 1854; to be followed on the 1st of
February by a Poet of an earlier period.
The INTRODUCTORY VOLUME, containing a SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH
POETRY, will be published in the course of the year.
London: JOHN W. PARKER & SON, West Strand.
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