selves, and just to our forefathers; and will now rescue our 

 most importnnt antiquities from future oblivion. 



The Anglo-Saxons were deficient in the surprising im- 

 provement which their present descendants have attained ; 

 hut unless they had acquired and exercised the valuable qua- 

 lities, both mental and intellectual, which they progressively 

 advanced to before their dynasty ceased, England would not 

 have become that distinguished nation which, after the Nor- 

 man graft on its original Saxon stock, it has since been gra- 

 dually led to be. 



"This splendid historical work is issued by the publishers 

 in a typographical style befitting its importance. * * * * 

 In a word, this work is a treasure in literature, and will most 

 assuredly find a place in every well-selected library; as it 

 dwells at length upon passages in the history of England, 

 which it has been the custom of the general historian to slur 

 over. The History of the Anglo-Saxons will form henceforth 

 a necessary companion to the best volumes on English his- 

 tory." Brother Jonathan. 



" It is from the press of Carey & Hart, and affords another 

 evidence, from the excellent style in which it is reprinted, 

 that in the opinion of the publishers the American public will 

 sustain their efforts in presenting works more valuable than 

 the almost worthless fictions of the day. Mr. Turner begins 

 with the history of the various nations which became possessed 

 of Britain in the earliest ages, explains their manners and 

 customs, religion and warfare, and shows the effect produced 

 upon the Saxons by their intermixture with their predeces- 

 sors. The government, laws, superstitions, and literature of 

 the Heptarchy, are fully discussed in an able manner ; and the 

 appendix contains many interesting as well as instructive 

 notices of other matters relating to the Saxons, as for instance, 

 the strength and beauty of their language, and comparisons 

 between the greatest English writers respecting their use 

 of real Saxon words. It will be found that perhaps the most 

 English work extant is the translation of the Bible now in 

 use, and certainly no work could furnish a stronger argument 

 of the capabilities of our vernacular. We commend this work 

 as a valuable addition to popular knowledge. 



" This edition is an exact reprint of the London edition, 

 and contains all the Saxon language, the type of which was 

 cast expressly for it. The French edition, of which a con- 

 siderable number have been imported into this country, does 

 not contain a single word of Saxon" Boston Morning Post. 



