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there often came the dithyrambic utterances of an 

 extreme Fifth Monarchy man. 



When Charles II. came back to his father s 

 throne, there was but one thing to be done with 

 such a representative republican as Sir Harry 

 Vane. His head must come off, for there was not 

 room enough in England to hold him and the son 

 of Charles I. at the same time. He died on Tower 

 Hill, with all the fearlessness and charming sweet 

 ness that had always marked his life. His mem 

 ory is a precious possession for all coming genera 

 tions ; and the book in which Mr. Hosmer has told 

 the story of his life, with such warm sympathy and 

 such broad intelligence, is worthy of its subject. 



January, 1889. 



