Also now ready, uniform with the STANDARD LIBRARY,"

BOHN'S SCIENTIFIC LIBRARY;

1. THE CHESS-PLAYER'S HANDBOOK;

By H. STAUNTON, Esq.

Illustrated with Diagrams, price 5s.

Also now ready, price 5s., uniform with the "STANDARD LIBRARY,"

BOHN'S ANTIQUARIAN LIBRARY;

1.

BEDE'S ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, and the ANGLO-SAXON CHRO

NICLE.

2.

MALLET'S NORTHERN ANTIQUITIES, by BISHOP PERCY; with an Abstract of the Eyrbiggia Saga, by SIR WALTER SCOTT. New edition, revised and enlarged by J. A. BLACKWELL.

3.

WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY'S CHRONICLE of the KINGS of ENGLAND.

4.

SIX OLD ENGLISH CHRONICLES, viz., Asser's Life of Alfred, and the Chronicles of Ethelwerd, Gildas, Nennius, Geoffrey of Monmouth, and Richard of Cirencester.-(Nearly Ready.)

In the Press.

ROGER OF WENDOVER'S CHRONICLE. In 2 vols.

ORDERICUS VITALIS, the Norman Chronicler. In 1 volume.

CHRONICLES OF THE CRUSADERS; Richard of Devizes, Richard de Vinesauf, Lord de Joinville. In 1 volume.

EARLY TRAVELS IN PALESTINE, Mandeville, La Brocquiere, Maundrell,

and others. In 1 volume.

Also now ready, price 5s. each volume,

BOHN'S CLASSICAL LIBRARY;

HERODOTUS, a New and Literal Translation, by the REV. HENRY CARY, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford. Complete in 1 volume, with Index.

In the Press.

THUCYDIDES, literally translated by HOBBES. New edition, very carefully revised by the REV. H. CARY, complete in I volume.

In Preparation or Contemplation:

ARISTOTLE, PLATO, XENOPHON, POLYBIUS, ÆSCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES, ARISTOPHANES, PINDAR, ATHENÆUS, DIONYSIUS OF HALICARNASSUS, DIOGENES LAERTIUS, DIODORUS SICULUS, STRABO, &c. LIVY, CÆSAR, TACITUS, SALLUST, PLINY, QUINTILIAN, HORACE, VIRGIL, JUVENAL, OVID, LUCAN, LUCRETIUS, TERENCE, PLAUTUS, &c. &c.

New Issue in Monthly Volumes, at the reduced price of 3s. 6d. per Volume.

WITH A GENERAL INDEX.

In six thick volumes, small octavo, extra cloth, lettered,
HENRY G. BOHN, 1846.

THIS capital edition was published from the Author's corrected copies and manuscripts, for the benefit of his widow, who survives. The copyright was disposed of for the large sum of 40007., and is now the property of the Advertiser. The greater portion of the work is still copyright, and, in virtue of the recent Act, will continue so for many years; and as several of the early pieces were printed only for private distribution, and not published, or were printed as orally delivered, without consent of the author, these also are protected. But as the copyright of some of the earlier works has expired, it is now deemed advisable to republish the whole in an authentic edition, at such a price as can leave little temptation to others to assume that portion which is unprotected.

The present edition, in small 8vo. is a reproduction of the elegant large letter edition in 6 volumes, demy 8vo. of which copies may still be had at the reduced price of 17. 11s. 6d. for the set.

The volumes may be depended on monthly, as they are all printed, and ready for delivery. Indeed, those who wish to take the 6 volumes at once, may have them immediately.

TESTIMONIA.

"Whoever wishes to see the English language in its perfection must read the writings of that great divine-Robert Hall. He combines the beauties of Johnson, Addison, and Burke, without their imperfections."-Dugald Stewart.

"I cannot do better than refer the academic reader to the immortal works of Robert Hall. For moral grandeur, for Christian truth and sublimity, we may doubt whether they have their match in the sacred oratory of any age or country." -Professor Sedgwick (in his Discourse on the Studies of the University).

"The Sermons and Discourses of Robert Hall are wonderful compositions; wonderful both for the scale and the variety of the powers they display; a head so metaphysical, seeming to have little in common with an imagination so glowing; declamation so impassioned, with wisdom so practical; touches of pathos so tender, with such caustic irony, such bold invective, such spirit-stirring encouragements to heroic deeds; and all conveyed in language worthy to be the vehicle of such diverse thoughts, precise or luxuriant, stern or playful-that most rare but most eloquent of all kinds of speech, the masculine mother-tongue of an able man, which education has chastened, but not killed; constructed after no model of which we are aware; more massive than Addison, more easy and unconstrained than Johnson, more sober than Burke.

"The bold diction, the majestic gait of the sentence, the vivid illustration, the rebuke which could scathe the offender, the burst of honest indignation at triumphant vice, the biting sarcasm, the fervid appeal to the heart, the sagacious development of principle, the broad field of moral vision-all these distinguish the compositions of Robert Hall, and we bear our most willing testimony to their worth."-Quarterly Review.

"In the eloquence of the pulpit, Robert Hall comes nearer Massillon than either Cicero or schines to Demosthenes."-Lord Brougham.

"Here is intellectual food for the scholar, the philosopher, the statesman, and the divine; and expressed in the surpassing language of Robert Hall. He who shall give these volumes a place on his table, will not fail of satisfaction, on whatever page his eye may chance to rest; and his mind is little to be envied, if from the perusal of them, he do not find himself a more accomplished, a wiser, and a better man."-Church of England Quarterly Review.

"I will give my general opinion of this divine in the words that were employed to describe a prelate, whose writings, I believe, are familiar to him, and whom he strongly resembles in fertility of imagination, in vigour of thinking, in rectitude of intention, and holiness of life. Yes, Mr. Hall, like Jeremy Taylor, has the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, and the piety of a saint.'"-Parr (Spital Sermon).

"The excellence of Mr. Hall does not consist in the predominance of one of his powers, but in the exquisite proportion and harmony of all. The richness, variety, and extent of his knowledge, are not less remarkable than his absolute mastery over it. His style is one of the clearest and simplest-the least encumbered with its own beauty-of any which ever has been written.”—London Magazine.

"His sermons are distinguished by solid and profound philosophy, and breathe a spirit of humility, piety, and charity, worthy of that pure and divine religion, to the defence of which the author has concentrated his talents. His eloquence is of the highest order, the natural effusion of a fertile imagination and of an ardent mind, while his style is easy, various, and animated. On a review of all his various excellencies, we cannot but expect with confidence that the name of Robert Hall will be placed by posterity among the best writers of the age, as well as the most vigorous defenders of religious truth, and the brightest examples of Christian charity."-Sir J. Mackintosh.