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not to add the justly celebrated History of the Reign 

 of Queen Elizabeth, by Mademoiselle Keralio/ 

 which has been pronounced by good judges to be 

 an impartial and elegant production. Several other 

 respectable historians appeared in France, towards 

 the close of the century, who would deserve to be 

 mentioned in connection with the foregoing names, 

 did our plan admit of entering into further par- 

 ticulars. 



In Germany no historical work deserving of 

 high praise, with respect to arrangement, struc- 

 ture and style, had appeared prior to the middle 

 of the century under consideration. Since that 

 time the successive works of Schmidt, Muller, 

 Haberlin, Heinrich, Schiller, Wagner, Gal- 

 letti, Bcchholz, Beck, Meiners, Backzo, and 

 several others, have raised the character of their 

 country with respect to this species of compo- 

 sition. Of these it is believed that Schiller, 

 in ease, spirit and interest of narrative, and in cor- 

 rectness and elegance of style, stands at the head 

 of the list of German historians. 



In Sweden, Benzelius and Wilde, soon after 

 the commencement of the century, first undertook 

 to present the history of their country in a con- 

 nected and agreeable form. They were succeeded 

 by Dahlin, who pursued the same course with 

 more taste and success. About the same time ap- 

 peared the work of Botin, which is much distin- 

 guished for the excellence both of its matter and 

 style. Besides these, a still larger performance of 

 Lagerbring deserves a respectful notice among 

 the improved specimens of history which that 

 country produced during the period of this retro- 

 spect. To the above names may be added those 

 of Celsius and Hallenberg, who have also been 



= History of the Reign of Elizabeth Queen of England, 4 vols. 3vo. I'/Sj, 



