Masterpieces of English Prose Literature. Edited by J. A. ST. JOHN, Esq. VOLS. I. & II. In two handsome Vols. with Portrait, and Frontispiece from design by CATTERMOLE, price 12s. THE SELECT WORKS OF JOHN MILTON, viz. AREOPAGITICA EARLY LIFE and WRITINGS ACCOUNT of his own Studies TRACTATE en EDUCATION OUTLINE of a COMMONWEALTH WITH A PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE, and copious Notes, By J. A. ST. JOHN, Esq. "He who has not read and studied, and fed his mind and imagination upon the Prose Works of Milton, knows not the full greatness of that poe-patriot. In the volumes we have the concentrated essence of the poet, philosopher, and politician's sublimated thoughts. The learned Editor has given a fine outline of the public life and times of Milton, and introduced a succession of Nores, various, original, and profound."-Scots Times. VOL. III. In one Vol. small 8vo. with Portrait, price 6s. With NOTES; and an Historical Account of the progress of Education in Egypt. Persia, Crete, Sparta, Athens, Rome, among the early Christians, and in the Middle Ages. By J. A. ST. JOHN, Esq. "Keen sagacity in observing the wants and dispositions of childhood and youth. and clear discrimination in the application of means, forni the leading characteristics of this work. The DISCOURSE' by Mr. ST. JOHN is one of the most learned, able, and elegant disquisitions of the kind we have ever met with."-Liverpool Courier. |