  "No kind of literature is so generally attractive as Fiction. Pictures of life and manners, and Stories of adventure, are more eagerly received by the many than graver productions, however important these latter may be. Apuleius is better remembered by his fable of Cupid and Psyche than by his abstruser Platonic writings; and the Decameron of Boccaccio has outlived the Latin Treatises, and other learned works of that author." THE BUCCANEER.COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.LONDON: London: J. Cowse, pinxt. W. Greatbatch, sc. THE BUCCANEER. The Protector instantly exclaimed Guards! what ho! without there! Five or six rushed into the room and laid hands upon Robin. THE BUCCANEER. The Protector instantly exclaimed "Guards! what ho! without there!" Five or six rushed into the room and laid hands upon Robin. London. Published by Richard Bentley. 1840. Kneeling on a high-backed and curiously carved chair, which he leaned over pulpit-fashion, was seen the lean, lanky figure of THE |
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