9 JULY 1831, page 20

The Spectator's Library.

THE book of the week, which is in itself a" library," is the edition of BOSWELL'S Annals of JOHNSON, brought out by the assi duous care, research, and taste, of the late......

The Fourteenth Number Of The Divines Of The Church Of

England consists of the second volume of JEREMY TAYLOR'S Sermons. It is a book full of eloquence and wisdom—not the eloquence of rhetoric; nor the wisdom of the schools : the......

Mr. Dirdin's Fourth Volume Of The Sunday Library Contains...

usual variety of sermons, chiefly from modern divines, preceded by a very clever engraving of Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE'S portrait of Dr. HUNTINGFORD, Bishop of Hereford.......

Mr. Negris Has Printed A Charming Little Book Of Modern

Greek Proverbs, which has given us great amusement. They are well selected, well translated, and pleasantly commented upon. Mr. NEGRIS, we believe, is a modern Greek himself. He......

A Little Volume Of Poems, By William Danby, Esq., Strikes

us as . containing strong evidence ofa deep poetical spirit. Several of the poems, though pitched in a somewhat lugubrious strain, are written with power, and adorned with a......

A Pleasing And Most Inoffensive Little Volume Of Poems Has

been sent to us, entitled United Efforts, by a Brother and gister. The efforts may not be great, but the union is amiable, and the verses far from despicable.......

The History Of The House Of Bourbon, In Dr. Lardner's

Cabinet Library, is composed on a good plan, though we can detect the want of sufficient familiarity with the subject.......

Numerous Other Works Of Importance Solicit Our Attention:...

nevertheless obliged to defer their claims till next week, wheal wezan promise to several aconspiouousplaceamottailniuy.......