Lays and ballads from English history, etc . sfuline autnor *™*y , -, f it « n tne hieheft terms ^S^^^d^SdSS a° Mr. Gordon to attempt a ofhis^^^^ rather more ^n fe ^ c IhecontraAofthe^ ^ m^ ^l«^^^eflfem^JS&^SSefi of the Northern ormg, the ftern an^ ff^ic rougnn f whom was Thiodolf Scandinavian refidents at tne nea fuperiority, forms the leading *^*ttoT™%iiS>o* for the t figned and executed, full of ^«SSldmind of the writer is fo deeply imbl^- V one of theancient intelligence that, while often remmdijg one ot tneforce and ftvle of the Northern Sagas., every page tnrows alight upon the earlie
Lays and ballads from English history, etc . sfuline autnor *™*y , -, f it « n tne hieheft terms ^S^^^d^SdSS a° Mr. Gordon to attempt a ofhis^^^^ rather more ^n fe ^ c IhecontraAofthe^ ^ m^ ^l«^^^eflfem^JS&^SSefi of the Northern ormg, the ftern an^ ff^ic rougnn f whom was Thiodolf Scandinavian refidents at tne nea fuperiority, forms the leading *^*ttoT™%iiS>o* for the t figned and executed, full of ^«SSldmind of the writer is fo deeply imbl^- V one of theancient intelligence that, while often remmdijg one ot tneforce and ftvle of the Northern Sagas., every page tnrows alight upon the earlier ages of Hiftory. TTndine it Thiodolf does not poffefs the ethereal beautv of Undine ittakes a ftronger hold upon our fympathies. The^hero 1 heimperfonation of the unfophifticated P*™*™^™^ thetrue illuftration of the character of his countrymen inearly times to which the ftory has reference. We cannot too highly commend the Y\*f£%2mtranflation, now for the firft time prefented in Enghln. MR. LUMLEV, 40, GOIVER STREET. 29. Specimen of Illustrations to Thiodolfthe Icelander:1 WILD LOVE, Illuflrated,4s. WILD LOVE and Other Tales. Beauti-fully Illuflrated by Selous, Franklin, &*c. 4s. 1. WILD LOVE. Tale of olden time, when the LombardKings governed the fertile Upper Italy in full might andglory. It is full of Fouques beauties. 2. ROSAURA andher KINSFOLK. Wild, but beautiful and fkilful, fhowingthe fearful confequences often entailed by the wicked act ofone man. The humble, the pathetic, the heroic, and thetender are finely blended. 3. OAK of the IDOLS. Storyof old Saxon times, when the light of Chriftianity was juftbreaking in upon heathenifm, and when the noble heroes andgentle maidens of Saxony bent their necks to the yoke of the 3 MR. LUMLEY, 40, GOIVER STREET. Gofpel. A favourite fubject with the author, and treatedwith great judgment and delicacy. 4. THE FIELD ofTERROR. Founded on one of the traditions of the GiantMountains. A fimple domeftic piece. This mows b
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