EXTRACTED FROM

THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The following selections from the numerous critical notices of VALPY'S FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY are given IN ADDITION to those inserted in the last Number.

NOTICES OF NO. II.

'On the utility of the Family Classical Library we have already had occasion to express a very favorable opinion, and we are glad to learn from all quarters, that it is meeting with the extensive patronage which it deserves. It is neatly printed on excellent paper, and presents altogether a very classical appearance. The contents of the second volume consist of the celebrated Orations of Eschines and Demosthenes on the Crown, and of Sallust's no less celebrated Histories of the Cataline Conspiracy and the Jugurthan War. There is no one who has read either who will not be pleased to see them in an English dress; and it affords us pleasure to add that the translations of Sallust have been illustrated by additional notes of some value.'-Morning Advertiser.

'We have already expressed a decidedly favorable opinion of this work, and have now very little to add. The name of Mr. Valpy, to whom every classical scholar is highly indebted, is a sufficient pledge for the excellency of this not the least useful of his undertakings. But the best proofs of its merits are the high encomiums of the public press which greeted its first appearance, and the extensive support which

it has since received from an enlightened public. The Family Classical Library will, we trust, continue to receive that attention which it deserves, and thus contribute, along with the many useful publications of the day, to reclaim the taste of the people, but too much vitiated by the contemptible trash which lately swarmed from the press-which obtained for a season that patronage which it so ill merited, but is now rapidly giving place to the more refined literary efforts which are the honorable characteristics of the age.'Aberdeen Chronicle.

• The second volume of the Family Classical Library merits the same commendation we paid to the first. The neat style of its typographical department is self-evident, whilst the name of the respectable editor and printer is a guarantee for its correctness. This work, from its reasonable price, will be the means of diffusing a knowlege of ancient literature among numbers of individuals to whom it would be otherwise unattainable.'-Cambridge Chronicle.

'The high commendations passed on the first volume of the Family Classical Library, by the Editors of the London and Country Press, were most deservedly bestowed; but what has been said already of the first, is equally applicable to the second volume. A knowlege of ancient literature has always been considered a valuable acquisition by those who do not wish to rest satisfied merely with an acquaintance with what is transpiring in their own day; and therefore the work before us comes in very opportunely, not only to the mere English reader, but even to those who are acquainted with the Classics; and on this account it deserves the patronage of every man who wishes the extension of useful information in the world. We hope Mr. Valpy's labors will be crowned with complete success, inasmuch as hitherto he has spared no pains to render the work deserving of an extensive circulation.'-Jersey Comet.

The second volume of this interesting work is just published. Such is the character of this neat and convenient epitome of literature, that we cannot too strongly recommend it.'-The Alfred.

We have received the second Volume of Mr. Valpy's Family Classical Library; containing translations of Demosthenes and Sallust. The version of the Greek orator, our readers are doubtless aware, is that of Dr. Leland, that of the Roman historian is by Dr. Rose: both are valuable as translations, and are enriched with notes which cannot fail materially to enhance their worth, especially to the English reader. And when we point out the beauty of the impression, the neatness with which the work is got up, and the comparatively low price at which it is offered to the public, we feel assured we need say no more to recommend it to that general patronage which it so eminently deserves.'Brighton Herald.

'We took occasion, a short time since, to direct the attention of our readers to the first volume of this really excellent and useful work. We have now to announce the publication of the second volume, which we have no hesitation in declaring intitled to the same degree of eulogium which we bestowed on its predecessor. The present volume contains the conclusion of the Orations of Demosthenes, and the whole of Sallust, translated by Dr. Rose. We again heartily recommend this work to every class of the reading public.-Western Flying Post.

The second volume of this work appears to touch on the very acme of economical neatness. It contains rather more matter than the preceding volume, and is embellished with two beautifully engraved busts, of Demosthenes and Sallust. The histories of the Cataline Conspiracy, which completely developed the character of Cicero as a patriot and statesman, and of the Jugurthine War, still more remarkable for originat

ing the successive civil wars which eventually overturned the Roman Republic, are given intire. A biographical sketch of the Roman Thucydides, remarkable for united judgment and candor, is prefixed to his works; which, with the appendix subjoined to each of the two pieces, and the illustrative notes scattered through the whole, render this translation very instructive.'-Bath and Cheltenham Gazette.

'The second volume of this Library contains the conclusion of the Orations of Demosthenes. We have then Dr. Rose's translation of Sallust. The volume contains upwards of four hundred pages, and in its getting up is no wise inferior to its predecessor, which was sent forth as a sample of the intended series. It is embellished moreover with portraits of the two authors whose works are translated, engraved from drawings from busts, and executed with much care. As tending to make the best existing translations of the ancient classics more generally accessible, the publication certainly deserves every encouragement.—Athenæum.

'The number before us comprises Dr. Leland's Translation of the Orations of Demosthenes and his rival Æschines; followed by Dr. Rose's Translation of Sallust on the Catiline Conspiracy, and the Jugurthine War-a translation which has been recommended in the Bibliographical Miscellany, as a 'very faithful, accurate, and excellent version.' To the present edition are also added many original and learned notes, serving, by the elucidation of obscure passages, and the explanation of difficulties, to add to the general value of the work. We have only to add that the mechanical department of the work is executed in the best style.'-Bristol Gazette.

'A correct version of the works of those famous men of old, whose writings are the standard of oratory and classical excellence, was much wanted to meet the desire for information which now prevails, and the Family Classical Library will

amply supply this void in literature. The second volume has just appeared, and its correct typography offers a sure pledge for the due completion of the work.'-Ipswich Jour nal.

ADDITIONAL NOTICES OF NO. I.

This is another of those useful publications for which the present æra is distinguished. It is cheap and portable, and in point of typographical elegance, quite unrivalled. The translations will be select, and fitted for the perusal of both sexes; it will, therefore, form a standard book in every household library, admirably adapted, as well for improving the taste and understanding, as for purifying and exalting the morals of the rising generation.'-Paisley Advertiser.

'Of the series of cheap and popular Works, the Family Library, Constable's Miscellany, Library of Entertaining Knowlege, and Valpy's Family Classical Library, we think the latter by far the most valuable and important. They are all exceed. ingly cheap, and neatly printed, and, with a few exceptions, well written; but the superiority of the Classical Library consists in the certainty of its intrinsic worth. We have here some of the highest efforts of the human intellect; works, which, after time has buried in oblivion the less solid and durable, have survived as the magnificent and beautiful relics of ancient wisdom and genius. We hail with pleasure every attempt to make our countrymen familiar with the Poets, Historians, and Philosophers of Greece and Rome. They have hitherto been locked up in a language unknown but to a small number of scholars. We say a small number, because, independently of those who had no oppor tunity of acquiring a knowlege of the classical languages, a great majority of those who have, never acquire that facility in translation which would enable them to read without labor, and a frequent reference to a dictionary,