THE 



HAND-BOOK OF BIOGRAPHY 



Biographies of the most Distinguished Persons of all Times 



A Complete Series of Original Memoirs of the most Remarkable Indi- 

 viduals of all Times and Nations, by Alison, Brewster, Burton, Creasy, 

 Eadie, Knight, Nichol, Spalding, Wornum, and other Contributors. 

 Third editiqn, revised and enlarged, with 100 engraved portraits, and 

 150 illustrations of Birthplaces, &c., in one thick volume, 8vo, half- 

 bound B/oxburghe style, gilt top, price 10s. 6d. 



The Critic says, " Messrs. GRIFFIN & Co.'s * Hand-book of Biography ' is, we 

 believe, the most carefully compiled and satisfactory of this class of books which 

 have of late years issued from the press. It differs from all popular biographical 

 dictionaries in this that the principal lives of each class of remarkable men have 

 been entrusted to practical writers, who have cultivated the corresponding depart- 

 ments of learning. The result is, not only an eminently trustworthy, but an 

 unusually interesting volume. It extends to nearly 900 pages, and has some 150 

 or more illustrations of birthplaces, monuments, and other memorials of departed 

 greatness, and is a wonderful instance of cheapness, completeness, and excellence." 



The Art Journal says, "The 'Hand-book of Biography' now before us is in 

 many respects a remarkable book. The best authorities have been chosen, and the 

 most eminent of our living writers in art, science, and literature, have been secured 

 to write these biographies. The names of Alison, of Brewster, of Nichol, with 

 numerous others of equal standing in the walks of history and science, are a 

 sufficient guarantee for the excellency of their biographies." 



The Spectator says, " This work differs from all single volumes of biography 

 in several remarkable features. The great number of subjects which it contains, 

 the variety, and indeed, the celebrity of the writers engaged, and the original 

 character imparted to the larger notices. The first, and for the purposes of reference 

 the most useful feature, is the number of persons noticed ; the men engaged on the 

 biographies are numerous and respectable, as may be seen from the enumeration on 

 the title, and each writer takes that class of lives with which his studies have made 

 him most familiar: Alison and Creasy, for example, undertake naval and military 

 men." 



CHARLES GRIFFIN & COMPANY, LONDON. 



