Memoirs of the following Personages have appeared in the former Volumes of this Work, either of which may be had of all Booksellers, price Half a Guinea in Boards, with Portraits, &c. Memoirs contained in the former Volumes of this Work. The Earl of Westmore- General Vallancey The Bishop of Oxford, Appendix. Miss Seward -The Bishop of Meath. Opinions of this Work by the most respectable of the periodical Critics. "This work proceeds according to its first design, and it seems to improve as it advances with time. The volumes contain a considerable number of memoirs of persons, our contemporaries, who figure in the moral, the political, and the scientific walks of society. The discussion of living characters is a 'difficult and delicate task, but in the execution of if, the authors of this work have acquitted themselves with as much success as can reasonably be expected," Monthly Review, It is "This work excites much curiosity, because it professedly treats of living characters, and we infer that its information is impartial and correct. but justice to own that we have been altogether amused by the publication." British Critic, "A spirit of candour and moderation evidently pervades the present publication. Some of the characters are drawn with great discrimination, and display an acuteness of powers, and a felicity of expression, not to be found in the fleeting productions of the day. In short, the work abounds in moral and critical observations that evince correctness of judgment, and delicacy of taste." London Review. "This work discovers respectable traits of discrimination, and has the merit of being uncontaminated by the virulence of party spirit.” Critical Review. "The memoirs contained in these volumes are full and accurate in point of information; judicious in their literary and critical strictures; and exhibit well-drawn and appropriate characters of their respective subjects. They are not written under the uniform influence of any particular theulogical or political bias." NewAnnual Register, W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey. |