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PHILIP DE COMMINES. MEMOIRS OF. Containing the Histories of Louis XI. and Charles VIII., Kings of France, and Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Together with the Scandalous Chronicle, or Secret History of Louis XI., by Jean de Troyes. Translated from the French and Edited, with a Life of De Commines and Notes, by Andrew R. Scoble. With Index and Portraits of Charles the Bold and Louis XI. 2 vols. PLUTARCH'S LIVES, newly translated from the Greek, with Notes and a Life of Plutarch. By Aubrey Stewart, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and the late George Long, M.A., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. In 4 vols. Vol. I ready.. N.S.

POETRY OF AMERICA. SELECTIONS from One Hundred American Poets, from 1776 to 1876. With an Introductory Review of Colonial Poetry, and some Specimens of Negro Melody. By W. J. Linton. With Portrait of Walt Whitman. N. S.

'Mr. Linton has evidently given a great deal of time and thought to the production of this volume, and the result is excellent. For the first time the English public has an opportunity of wiping away the reproach that Americans are so fond of hurling at us, that we know nothing of their poets.'-Examiner.

RANKE (L.) HISTORY OF THE POPES, their Church and State, and especially of their Conflicts with Protestantism in the 16th and 17th centuries. Translated by E. Foster. With Portraits of Julius II. (after Raphael), Innocent X. (after Velasquez), and Clement VII. (after Titian). 3 vols.

HISTORY OF SERVIA and THE SERVIAN REVOLUTION. With an Account of the Insurrection in Bosnia. Translated by Mrs. Kerr. To which is added, The Slave Provinces of Turkey, from the French of Cyprien Robert, and other sources.

REUMONT (Alfred de).—See Carafas.

REYNOLDS' (Sir J.) LITERARY WORKS. With a Memoir, and Remarks on his Professional Character, illustrative of his Principles and Practice. By H. W. Beechy. 2 vols.

Vol. I.

Introduction, Memoir, and Discourses I.-VIII.-With a Portrait
(after Stuart).

II.-Discourses IX. XV.-Miscellaneous Short Essays on Artistic
Subjects-Chronological and Alphabetical Lists of Painters,

and Index.

RICHTER (Jean Paul Friedrich). LEVANA, a Treatise on Education: together with the Autobiography (a Fragment), and a short Prefatory Memoir. N. S.

'Levana,' written in the humorous and enigmatic style characteristic of the author, is a practical treatise on the moral, mental, and physical education of children. Among others are chapters on Religious Education-The Nature and Education of Girls-Children's Games, Dances, Music-Development of Reflexion-Classical Education, &c. &e.

FLOWER, FRUIT, and THORN PIECES, or the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Parish of Kuhschnappel. Newly translated from the German by Alex. Ewing. N. S.

This is the only complete English translation of this celebrated novel.

ROSCOE'S (W.) LIFE and PONTIFICATE of LEO X., with the Copyright Notes, Appendices of Historical Documents, the Dissertation on Lucretia Borgia. Final edition, revised by Thomas Roscoe, with Index, and two Portraits of Roscoe, and one of Leo X. 2 vols.

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ROSCOE'S (W.) LIFE of LORENZO DE MEDICI, called the Magnificent,' including the Copyright Notes and Illustrations, and Index. With his poems, letters, &c. 10th edition revised, with Memoir of Roscoe by his Son, and Portrait of Lorenzo (after Vasari).

RUSSIA. HISTORY OF, from the earliest Period, compiled from the most authentic sources, including Karamsin, Tooke, and Ségur, by Walter K. Kelly. With Index and Portraits of Catherine, Nicholas, and Menschikoff. 2 vols.

SCHILLER'S WORKS. 6 vols. N.S.

Vol. I. History of the Thirty Years' War, complete-History of the
Revolt in the Netherlands to the Confederacy of the Gueux.
Translated by Rev. A. J. W. Morrison, M.A. Portrait of Schiller
(after Schmidt).

II.-Revolt in the Netherlands, completed-Wallenstein's Camp, trans-
lated by J. Churchill-Piccolomini and Death of Wallenstein,
translated by S. T. Coleridge-William Tell, translated by Theo-
dore Martin. With Engraving of Wallenstein (after Vandyck).
These Dramas are all translated in metre.

III.-Don Carlos, translated by R. D. Boylan-Mary Stuart, translated by Mellish-Maid of Orleans, translated by Anna Swanwick-Bride of Messina, translated by A. Lodge, M.A., together with the Use of the Chorus in Tragedy (a short Essay). Engravings of Joan of Arc (after Lecurieux).

These Dramas are all translated in metre.

IV. Robbers (with Schiller's original Preface)-Fiesco-Love and
Intrigue-Demetrius-Ghost Seer-Sport of Divinity.

The Dramas in this volume are translated (by H. G. Bohn and others) into Prose.
V.-Poems, translated by E. A. Bowring, C.B.

VI.-Essays, Esthetical and Philosophical, including the Dissertation on the Connexion between the Animal and Spiritual in Man.

SCHILLER and

GOETHE.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN, from A.D. 1794-1805. Translated, with short Notes, from the 3rd edition of the German, by L. Dora Schmitz, translator of Dr. Ulrici's Shakspeare's Dramatic Art' and Dr. Schliemann's Troy and its Remains.' 2 vols. N.S.

SCHLEGEL'S (F.) LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE and THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE. Translated by A. J. W. Morrison. With Index.

LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE, Ancient and Modern. Now first completely translated from the German. With Index.

LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY. Translated from the German, with a Memoir of the Author, by J. B. Robertson. With Index and Portrait.

LECTURES ON MODERN HISTORY, together with the Lectures entitled Cæsar and Alexander, and The Beginning of our History. Translated by L. Purcell and R. H. Whitelock. With Index.

ESTHETIC AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, containing Letters on Christian Art, Essay on Gothic Architecture, Remarks on the Romance Poetry of the Middle Ages, on Shakspeare, the Limits of the Beautiful, and on the Language and Wisdom of the Indians. Translated by E. J. Millington. With Index.

SCHLEGEL (A. W.) LECTURES ON DRAMATIC ART AND LITERATURE. Translated by J. Black. Revised Edition, with Memoir, carefully revised from the last German edition, by A. J. W. Morrison. With Index and Portrait of A. W. Schlegel.

SHAKSPEARE'S DRAMATIC ART. The History and Character of Shakspeare's Plays. By Dr. Hermann Ulrici. Translated from the third edition of the German, with additions and corrections by the Author, by L. Dora Schmitz, translator of Professor Elze's Essays on Shakespeare' and Dr. Schliemann's Troy and its Remains.' 2 vols. N. S.

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The following headings to the nine books, into which this work is divided, will give some idea of its scope, and of the German thoroughness with which the author has treated his subject: History of the English DramaThe Life and Times of Shakspeare-Shakspeare's Dramatic Style in relation to that of his Contemporaries-Shakspeare's Tragedies - Shakspeare's Comedies-Shakspeare's Historical Dramas-the Plays ascribed to Shakspeare, the genuineness of which is doubtful-History of Shakspeare's Plays in England-in Germany.

SHERIDAN'S DRAMATIC WORKS. With Memoir and Portrait (after Reynolds). N. S.

SKEAT (Rev. W. W.).-See Chaucer.

SISMONDI'S HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE. Translated, with Notes and Memoir, by Thomas Roscoe. With Index and Portraits of Sismondi and Dante. 2 vols.

The specimens of early French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese Poetry, are translated into English Verse by Cary, Wiffen, Roscoe, and others.

SMITH'S (Adam) THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS; with his Essay on the First Formation of Languages; to which is added a Biographical and Critical Memoir of the Author by Dugald Stewart.

SMYTH'S (Professor) LECTURES. ON MODERN HISTORY; from the Irruption of the Northern Nations to the close of the American Revolution. With Index. 2 vols.

LECTURES ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. With Index. 2 vols.

SOUTHEY.-See Cowper, Wesley, and (Illustrated Library) Nelson.

STURM'S MORNING COMMUNINGS WITH GOD, or Devotional Meditations for Every Day in the Year. Translated from the German by W. Johnstone, M.A.

SULLY. MEMOIRS OF THE DUKE OF, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Translated from the French. With Notes, an Historical Introduction, Index, and Portraits of Sully, Henry IV., Coligny, and Marie de Medicis. 4 vols.

TAYLOR'S (Bishop Jeremy) HOLY LIVING AND DYING, with Prayers, containing the Whole Duty of a Christian and the parts of Devotion fitted to all Occasions and furnished for all Necessities. By the Right Rev. With Portrait. N.S. Jeremy Taylor, D.D., Bishop of Down and Connor.

THIERRY'S HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND BY THE NORMANS; its Causes, and its Consequences in England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Continent. Translated from the 7th Paris edition by William Hazlitt. With short Memoir of Thierry, Index, and Portraits of Thierry and William the Conqueror. 2 vols.

TROYES (Jean de).-See Philip de Commines.

ULRICI (Dr.)—See Shakespeare.

VASARI. LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS. Translated from the Italian by Mrs. J. Foster, with Notes selected from various Commentators. Index and Portrait of Vasari. 5 vols.

WESLEY, THE LIFE OF, and the Rise and Progress of Methodism. By Robert Southey. With Index and Portrait of Wesley. 5s. N. S.

WHEATLEY.

A RATIONAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, being the Substance of everything Liturgical in Bishop Sparrow, Mr. L'Estrange, Dr. Comber, Dr. Nicholls, and all former Ritualist Commentators upon the same subject. With Index and Frontispiece. N.S.

HISTORICAL LIBRARY.

21 Volumes at 58. each. (51. 5s. per set.)

EVELYN'S DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE, with the Private Correspondence of Charles I. and Sir Edward Nicholas, and between Sir Edward Hyde (afterwards Earl of Clarendon) and Sir Richard Browne. Edited from the Original MSS. at Wotton by W. Bray, F.A.S. 4 vols. With copious Index (115 pages) and 45 Engravings, comprising :—

Vol. I.-Portraits of Evelyn-R. Bertie, Earl Lindsay - Stanley, Earl Derby-Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland-Algernon Percy, Earl Northumberland-W. Kerr, Earl of Lothian-A. Campbell, Earl Argyll. (After Vandyke, Kneller, and Jamieson.)

Vol. II.-Mary, wife of Evelyn-Sir Thomas Browne-W. Howard, Viscount Stafford-John Hampden-Algernon Sidney-William Cavendish-Louis XIV. -Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury—John Lord Somers-Ch. Talbot. (After Vandyke, Kneller, and others.)

Vol. III.-Lord Newark-George Gordon-Jeremy Taylor-Hon. R. Boyle -Montagu, Earl of Sandwich-Margaret of Valois-Henry IV. of France— Sir W. Raleigh-John Locke. (After Vandyke, Lely, and others.)

Vol. IV.-J. Seldon-L. Carey, Viscount Falkland-Countess Lucy Percy— R. Dormer, Earl Caernarvon―J. Graham, Marquis of Montrose—Oliver Cromwell-Elizabeth of Bohemia-Cardinal Mazarin-H. Bennet, Earl Arlington -R. Weston, Earl Portland-E. Somerset, Marquis of Worcester. (After Vandyke, Honthurst, and Lely.)

'No change of fashion, no alteration of taste, no revolution of science, have impaired or can impair, the celebrity of Evelyn. His name is fresh in the land, and his reputation, like the trees of an Indian Paradise, exists, and will continue to exist, in full strength and beauty, uninjured by time.'-Quarterly Review (Southey).

PEPYS' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE, Deciphered by the Rev. J. Smith, M.A., from the original Shorthand MS. in the Pepysian Library. Edited, with a short Life and Notes, by Richard Lord Braybrooke. 4 vols. With Appendix containing additional Letters, an Index, and 31 Engravings, comprising:

Vol. I.-Facsimile of the Shorthand MS.-Portraits of Pepys-Earl Montague-Prince Rupert-Lord George Goring-Wriothesley, Earl Southampton-H. Rich, Earl Holland—M. Bertie, Earl Lindsay. (After Vandyke, Sir P. Lely, and Kneller.)

Vol. II.-Portraits of Elizabeth Pepys-R. Spencer, Earl Sunderland— H. Finch, Earl Nottingham-Nell Gwyn-Nicholas Laneare-Sir H. Wotton -J. Maitland, Duke Lauderdale-Sir T. Gresham. (After Sir P. Lely, Holbein, and others.)

Vol. III.-Interior of Pepys' Library-Portraits of E. Hyde, Earl Clarendon -Thomas, Lord Clifford-Daniel Defoe-Francis, Lord Cottington-Earl Godolphin-William, Earl Craven. (After Sir P. Lely, Kneller, Honthurst, and others.)

Vol. IV.-Charles I.—J. Butler, Duke Ormond-R. Devereux, Earl EssexJ. Powlett, Marquis of Winchester-Ralph, Lord Hopton-Sir Isaac Newton. (After Vandyke, Kneller, and others.)

JESSE'S MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ENGLAND DURING THE REIGN OF THE STUARTS, including the Protectorate. 3 vols. With Index and 42 Portraits, comprising :

Vol. I.-James I.-C. Howard, Earl of Nottingham-James, Marquis of Hamilton-Henry, Prince of Wales-Elizabeth of Bohemia-Lady Arabella Stuart-Duke of Richmond-Frances Howard, Duchess of Richmond—R. Cecil, Earl Salisbury-H. Howard, Earl Northampton-Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke W. and P. Herbert, Earls Pembroke-Charles I.-G. Digby, Earl Bristol-James, Duke Hamilton. (After Vandyke, Van Somer, Zucchero, and others.)

Vol. II.-Charles I. and Duke of Gloucester-Henrietta Maria-G. Villiers, Duke Buckingham-Th. Wentworth, Earl Strafford — Archbishop LaudH. Rich, Earl Holland-Lord Capel-Sir K. Digby—Oliver Cromwell-Lord Herbert of Cherbury-R. Rich, Earl Warwick-W. Cavendish, Duke Newcastle -F. North, Lord Guildford. (After Vandyke and others.)

Vol. III.—Charles II.-Catherine of Braganza-Prince Rupert-G. Monk, Duke Albemarle-H. Bennet, Earl Arlington-J. Scot, Duke MonmouthJ. Stuart, Duke Richmond-Lord Russell—Duchess of Richmond-T. Howard, Earl Arundel-W. Seymour, Marquis of Hertford-Anne Hyde-Duke of Marlborough. (After Vandyke, Lely, and others.)

MEMOIRS OF THE PRETENDERS AND THEIR ADHERENTS. With Index and Portraits of Prince James and Princess Louisa-J. Butler, Duke Ormond-Prince Charles Edward-Flora Macdonald-H. Stuart, Cardinal York. (After Kneller, Wageman, and others.)

NUGENT'S (Lord) MEMORIALS OF HAMPDEN, HIS PARTY AND TIMES. With a Memoir of the Author, copious Index, an Autograph Letter, and Portraits of Hampden-John Pym-Archbishop Abbott-Fielding, Earl of Denbigh-Marquis of Argyle-Marquis of Montrose-Oliver Cromwell— G. Sackville, Earl Dorset-Greville, Lord Brooke-W. Harvey, M.D.-Sir B. Grenvil-Blanch Somerset. (After Vandyke, Phillibrown, and others.) N. S. STRICKLAND'S (Agnes) LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND, from the Norman Conquest. From Official Records and other authentic documents, public and private. Revised Edition. With Portraits of Matilda of Flanders, Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth, Anne of Denmark, Mary of Modena, Mary II. With Index. 6 vols. N. S.

LIFE OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS. With Index and 2 Portraits of Mary. 2 vols. N. S.

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