Works in the Press-continued. ALMANACKS AND POCKET BOOKS FOR 1839. PREPARING FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION, BY MESSRS. PEACOCK and MANSFIELD ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH, BOOKSELLERS beg to inform the Trade, that they intend publishing their superior ALMANACKS on the 20th of November, when they may be had in various bindings. THE POLITE REPOSITORY; with superior Engravings. THE HISTORICAL ALMANACK. TO HER MAJESTY FOR SCOTLAND. EMIGRATION FIELDS; or, a Description of North America, the Cape, Australia, and New Zealand giving a comparative View of the Practical Advantages presented by each of these Fields to British Emigrants. By PATRICK MATTHEW. In a cheap (5927) portable volume, with Maps. TEGG'S PRESENT FOR AN APPRENTICE. PRESENT for an APPRENTICE; to which is prefixed, Letsom's Temperance Thermometer; also Dr. Franklin's Way to Wealth. Dedicated, by permission, to the Chamberlain of London. 20th Edit. embellished with Engravings, 1 vol. square 16mo. 4s. 6d. bound in cloth and lettered. (5936) "If, however, it should ever fall to the lot of youth to peruse these pages, let such a reader remember, that it is with the deepest regret that I recollect in my manhood the opportunities of learning which I neglected reer. I youth; that through every part of my literary career. have felt pinched and hampered by my own ignorance; and that I would at this moment give half the reputation I have had the good fortune to acquire, if, by doing so, I could rest the remaining part upon a sound foundation of learning and science."-SIR WALTER SCOTT'S DIARY. Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside; and may be procured by order of all other Booksellers in the Kingdom. New Editions-continued. PICTORIAL EDITION of SHAKSPERE. Part I. super-royal 8vo. 2s. 6d. *To be continued Monthly. DR. DRAKE, in the Prefatory Essay to his "Memorials of Shakspere," points attention to a want which every general reader has long felt:-"It is devoutly to be wished that an edition of Shakspere were undertaken, which, whilst in the notes it expunged all that was trifling, idly controversial, indecorous, and abusive, should, at the same time, retain every interesting disquisition, though in many instances remodelled, rewritten, and condensed; nor fearing to add what farther research, under the guidance of good taste, might suggest." Such an edition of Shakspere as Dr. Drake has here so judiciously described it will be attempted in the "Pictorial Shakspere" to supply. But, in addition to the literary illustrations of Shakspere that may be supplied by judicious research and careful selection, there is a vast storehouse of materials yet unemployed, that may, with singular propriety, be used for adding both to the information and the enjoyment of the readers of our great poet-we mean Pictorial Illustrations. We have embellished editions of Shakspere, out of number, that attempt to represent the incidents of his scenes and translate his characters into portraits for the eye-with greater or less success;-but we have no edition in which the aid of Art has been called in to give a distinctness to the conceptions of the reader by representing the REALITIES upon which the imagination of the poet must have rested. IN THE DESIGNS AND ENGRAVING OF THE the most eminent artists will be employed. THE NOTES will embrace every subject that appears necessary to be Also, just imported, investigated for the complete information of the rear GOTHA ALMANAC, 1839, either in French The almost endless variety of objects presented in the text will call for the best assistance that the Editor can or German. 4s. 6d. procure from gentlemen conversant with particular de-DEUTSCHE partments. THE VARIOUS READINGS AND THE GLOSSARIAL NOTES will be presented at the foot of each page; whilst the fuller annotations will be appended to each act. AN INTRODUCTORY NOTICE will be prefixed to each Play, which will point out- 3. THE PERIOD AND THE LOCALITY OF THE with an account of the materials from which the local illustrations have been derived ;— 4. THE COSTUME OF THE DRAMA, in which Notice will be introduced Woodcuts, copied from ancient MSS. or Books, that may exhibit the authentic Costume of the place and of the period which the Poet had in his mind; 5. THE MUSIC OF THE DRAMA, in which the original airs of Shakspere's exquisite songs will, as far as possible, be given,-with an account of the later Musical Compositions that have been adapted to the Poet's words. At the end of each Play A SUPPLEMENTARY NOTICE will contain an examination of the various Critical Opinions upon each Play; and, in this portion of the work, it will be the duty of the Editor, while he avoids any VIERTEL SCHRIFT. Part 4, 7s. GERMAN for BEGINNERS; (5939) JAHRS (5940) or, Pro gressive Exercises in the German Language. By WILLIAM WITTICH, Teacher of German in University College. 2d Edition, corrected and much enlarged, 12mo. 5s. cloth. (5941) Printed for Taylor and Walton, Booksellers and Publishers to University College, 28, Upper Gower Street. THE STEAM ENGINE and STEAM NAVIGATION. The New Edition of Tredgold. By W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Esq. 2 large vols. 125 Plates, £3. 3s.-Now ready. Also, separately, STEPHENSON'S LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE, practically and popularly elucidated. 4to. with 4 elaborate Engravings and 40 Woodcuts. (5942) John Weale, 59, High Holborn. THE NATURAL HISTORY of QUAD- obtrusive exhibition of his own opinions, to analyze and LITTLE present in one view whatever is valuable in the multi- Works lately published. A THIRD and ENLARGED EDITION of the DICTIONARY of DERIVATIONS; or Introduction to Etymology on a NEW PLAN. BY ROBERT SULLIVAN, Esq. Barrister at Law. 4s. 6d. bound and lettered. "It is a trifling etymology that barely refers us to some word in another language either the same or similar, unless the meaning of the word, and the cause of its imposition, can be discovered by such a reference." J. HORNE TOOKE. **This Edition contains 82 pages of Additional Derivations. DERIVATIONS OF THE WORDS "GROAT” GROAT. This, now the smallest, was originally the largest of our silver coins, to which circumstance it owes its name, GROAT, the old form of the word GREAT. The GROAT was first coined in the reign of Edward III.; and as it was four times the size of the silver penny (till then the largest silver coin), it was naturally called the grout piece, that is, the great piece or penny. Skinner*, while he derives its name from its great size, conjectures that it was originally made of brass or iron; but there is no necessity for this supposition, as it is only by comparison that things are great or little. When the GROAT made its appearance, it was four times as larget as the largest silver coin in use, and this is sufficient to account for its name. It is worthy of remark that the French and Italians have denominated their GROAT, gros‡, grosso, that is GREAT. PEER. To derive this word from a PREPOSITION will not, I trust, be considered as a breach of privilege. The term PEER, in French paire, has been applied to the nobility, because, though they may differ in rank or degree, their essential privileges are EQUAL. The Latin word PAR, equal, is derived from the Greek preposition PARA, by the side of, as in par-allel; and hence the idea of equality and from placing two things beside each other for the purpose of comparison, par has come to signify Two equals or a PAIR; as a pair of candlesticks; a pair of carriage horses, &c. The quotation under the word Paragon, in which the real Florimel is placed beside her enchanted' semblant' or counterfeit, illustrates this word also. And if thou said'st I am not PEER Proud Douglas thou hast lied!-SCOTT. *Skinner. GROAT.-Numisma quoddam, a magnitudine sic dictum, fortasse enim olim ex ære vel ferro cusum erat. Twenty shillings originally weighed a POUND, as the term denotes: but the same number of the present currency is scarcely one-third of that weight; and hence, we may infer that the GROAT originally was about three times its present weight, and from its thinness, perhaps five times as large. "Our piece of four-pence, being formerly GREAT (even as great as a shilling now is), was called a GROT." BUTLER'S ENGLISH GRAMMAR, 1633. Gros.-Le nom de GROS fut donné à cette espêce parceque c'estoit la plus GROSSE monnoie d'argent qu'il y eust alors en France. Il pesoit 3 deniers, sept grains trebuchant.-LE BLANC, quoted by MENAGE. (5945) London: Samuel Holdsworth, Amen-Corner. Curry and Co. Edinburgh: Fraser and Co. FOURTEEN Dublin: EXPOSITORY DISCOURSES on the LORD'S PRAYER and other important subjects. By the Rev. W. DALTON, M.A. Incumbent of St. Paul's Church, Wolverhampton. 2d Edition, crown 8vo. 6s. (5946) ENC John Harris, St. Paul's Church Yard. 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Sold by all Booksellers. A MOST ELEGANT PRESENT. THE MODERN POETS and ARTISTS of GREAT BRITAIN. (Being the 3d Series of the Book of Gems.) Edited by S. C. HALL. With Biographical Notices and Plates of Autographs. 1 thick vol. 8vo. with 43 highly-finished Engravings on Steel, from the burins of the first-rate engravers, after original Pictures and Drawings by the most eminent Artists, 1. 11s. 6d. on extra vellum paper. "It will give to most purchasers as much poetry as they desire of the modern minor poets."-SPECTATOR. "The engravings are really admirable."-EXAMINER. "A more elegant and useful' present book' can hardly be imagined."-UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. (5968) Whittaker and Co. Ave-Maria Lane. 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(5981) THE EDITOR much regrets the unavoidable delay in the delivery of the last Number of the CIRCULAR, mainly arising from his own indisposition, but in some degree also caused by the late period at which many Publishers send their Advertisements; he therefore takes this opportunity of earnestly requesting that they may be sent to the Office at the earliest convenient day, or it must continue as heretofore utterly impossible for him to have the whole number of nearly FOUR THOUSAND delivered on the proper day of publication.He has been compelled to omit the CLASSIFIED INDEX belonging to the present Number, after preparing it for the press, that he might be enabled to insert the various Advertisements of New Works went very late, and which must otherwise have been altogether omitted;-the Index will therefore be incorporated with that of the succeeding Number. |