Now Publishing in Semi-Monthly Parts, price 50 cents each, THE FIRST QUARTO ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF THE Poetical Works of Thomas Moore. The Publishers in announcing a New Illustrated Quarto Edition of the great Lyric Poet MOORE, believe they are but meeting the rapidly increasing taste of the American public to possess the best Standard Authors in the best style of Paper, Print, and Illustration. This edition will include many of the Poets productions never before contained in any collection of his works. Original Introductions and Notes will be given, and the blanks which political and personal considerations formerly made necessary, will be filled up, and Elucidatory Notes given to render plain many obscure passages, which hitherto have appeared pointless to the Trans-Atlantic reader. The present issue will also include an original life of Moore, containing many anecdotes relating to his visit to this country never before published. PLAN OF PUBLICATION. The Work will be issued in Twenty Semi-monthly Parts, each Part containing two beautiful Steel Engravings Parts 1 to 14 will contain Forty pages, and Parts 15 to 20 Thirty-two pages each, of Letter-press. Price 50 cents a part. No Subscriber's name received for less than the entire work. Now in course of Publication, in Semi-monthly Parts, Price 50 cents each, WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE, TO WHICH ARE ADDED Copious Notes, an Historical and Explanatory Introduction to each Play, and ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY-SEVEN new and FINELY EXECUTED STEEL ENGRAVINGS! The edition of SHAKESPEARE'S COMPLETE WORKS now brought before the American public may be truly said to form a "GALLERY OF SHAKESPEARIAN ILLUSTRATION." It unites all the qualities most to be desired in such a book, whether for the library or the parlor table. 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THE edition of SHAKESPEARE'S COMPLETE WORKS now brought before the American public may be truly said to form a "GALLERY OF SHAKESPEARIAN ILLUSTRATION." It unites all the qualities most to be desired in such a book, whether for the library or the parlor table. The excellence of its illustrations-each one of which is not only of interest as the Portrait of some distinguished Shakespearian Actor, but is an embodiment of one of the scenes of the great dramatist-vividly representing the unbounded imagination of his mighty genius. But it is not only as a beautiful book, that the publishers desire this edition of Shakes peare's Works should commend itself to public favor. Purity of text, and such annotations as will explain all obsolete words and allusions, and make clear all obscure passages, has been an object of especial care and attention. 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