54 CARLYLE'S (J. D.) Specimens of Arabian Poetry; Arabic and English, with some account of the authors, 4to. fine paper, extra boards, 10s 6d Cambridge, 1796 These specimens are highly praised by Dr. Nathan Drake, in his Literary Hours. The volume is an elegant one, executed by John Burges, Printer to the University. "A series of beatiful Poems, for many centuries of the Hejira, has been collected, translated, and given to the public by the taste and erudition of Professor Carlyle."-Drake, p.241. 55 CAREW (Thos.) A Selection from the Poetical Works of, (by John Fry, of Bristol) 12mo. sewed, 3s 6d 1810 "Carew opens the poetical age of Charles I., with great lustre. 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Poetic Remains of some of the Scottish Kings, now first collected, full length portrait of King James I. of Scotland, small 8vo. fine copy in calf, gilt, gilt edges to the leaves, scarce, 16s 9 A very elegant volume. 1824 CHATTERTON'S (Thomas) Works, edited by Robert Southey, Esquire, with his Life by Dr. Gregory, plates, 3 vols. 8vo. calf, grained, neat, 1l 5s 1803 "But nothing in Chatterton can be separated from Chatterton. His style was Ossian, or a Saxon Monk, or Gray, or Smollett, or Junius.". Horace Walpole. See Rowley. 60 CHAUCER'S CANTERBURY TALES, to which are added an Essay on his Language and Versification, and an Introductory Discourse, Notes, and a Glossary, by Tнo. TYRWHITT, portrait, 2 vols. royal 4to. very fine copy in calf, gilt, scarce, 2l 18s Orford, Clarendon Press, 1798 "But the Canterbury Tales, have come forth, from the masterly hand of the late Mr. Tyrwhitt, in a manner so complete, correct, and satisfactory, that it were difficult perhaps to mention any other classic, ancient or modern, which received more copious and curious illustration. It is a model of editorship."-Dr. Dibdin's Library Companion. See Todd in this list. 61 CHRONICLE OF THE CID, translated from the Spanish by Robert Southey, 4to. half bound, very neat, 1l 1s 1808 "This performance is certainly one of the most interesting productions of the Spanish mind. It gives a full length picture of Spain in those dark ages in which the costume of other countries is so indistinct and confused."-Annual Review. The narratives "have a spirit like the freshness of waters at the fountain head, and are so many moving pictures of the actions, manners, and thoughts of their contemporaries."- Rogers. 62 CIBBER'S (Theophilus) Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland to the Time of Dean Swift, 5 vols. 12mo. boards, 12s 1753 Begun to be compiled by Coxeter, but finished by Cibber with the assistance of Robert Shiels, a Scotchman. These Lives (213) are not ill-written, and deserve a better fame than they have attained."—Sir Egerton Brydges. 63 CLIFFORD'S (Arthur) Tixall Poetry, with notes and illustrations, plate, large 4to. "Taken as a whole, and in a literary point of view, the Tix-hall Poetry may be justly 64 COLLIER'S (J. Payne) History of English Dramatic Poetry to the time of SHAKSPEARE, and Annals of the Stage to the Restoration, 3 vols. 8vo. calf, gilt, [extra, gilt leaves, 2l 14s 65 1831 "English Dramatic Poetry stands alone in the History of Letters." 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Conybeare, 8vo. boards, 14s (pub. at 18s) "A highly curious volume."-Lowndes. . 1826 68 COOKE'S (Will.) Elements of Dramatic Criticism, with a sketch of the Education of the Greek and Roman Actors, 8vo. boards, 3s 6d 1775 69 COOPER'S (Mrs. E.) Muse's Library; or, a Series of English Poetry, from the reign of K. Charles II., containing the lives and characters of all the known writers in that interval, 8vo. fine copy in old calf, gilt, scarce, 10s 6d 1737 Mrs. Cooper was assisted in "this elegant and judicious performance," by William Oldys; but as but one volume only was published, instead of two, as originally intended, it extends to no further than Samuel Daniel, who flourished in the reign of Q. Elizabeth and K. James I. He died in 1619. "From this censure it is but justice to except the Muses Library. 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