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XX. History and Biography. 



CORRESPONDENCE OF JOHN, FOURTH DUKE OF BEDFORD, 



Selected from the Originals at Woburn Abbey: with an Introduction by Lord John Russell. 

 Vol. 1, 8vo. with Portrait, 18s. cloth. 



" This was Junius's Duke of Bedford ; it is not impossible, therefore, that the publication of 

 these letters may help the speculation to a new conjecture, or to strengthen former proofs. J ' 



Athena? urn. 

 THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY 



Of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. To be continued Quarterly, in Half- 

 volumes. Vol. 1, Part 1 Aa to Agathoclea, pp. 448, 12s. cloth. 



Vol. 1, Part 2, completing Vol. 1. Agathoclea to Alexander, pp. 456, 12s. cloth. 



THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 



From the Earliest Period to the Death of Elizabeth. By Sharon Turner, Esq. F.A.S. R.A.S.L. 

 12 rols. 8vo. 81. 3s. cloth. 



The above may also be had in the following separate portions: 



THE HISTORY of the ANGLO-SAXONS ; comprising the Historv of England from the 

 Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest. 6th Edition, 3 vols. 8vo. 21. 5s. boards. 



THE HISTORY of ENGLAND during the MIDDLE AGES; comprising the Reigns from 

 William the Conqueror to the Accession of Henry VIII., and also the History of the Litera- 

 ture, Religion, Poetry, and Progress of the Reformation, and of the Language during that 



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e, Religion, Poetry, and Progress of the Reformation, and of the Language during that 

 od. 3d Edition, 5 vols. 8vo. 3?. boards. 

 THE HISTORY of the REIGN of HENRY VIII. ; comprising the Political History of the 

 commencement of the English Reformation : being the First Part of the Modern History of 

 England. 3d Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 26s. boards. 



THE HISTORY of the REIGNS of EDWARD VI., MARY, and ELIZABETH ; being the 

 Second Part of the Modern History of England. 3d Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 32s. boards. 



BLAIR'S CHRONOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL TABLES, 



From the Creation to our Time. New Edition, greatly improved, with additions and correc- 

 tions from the most authentic Writers, printed in a more convenient form, in 1 vol. royal 8vo. 

 In the press. 



THE GENERAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD, 



From the Earliest Times until the year 1831. By Charles Von Rotteck, LL.D., Professor in 

 the University of Freiburg, Aulic Counsellor, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the 

 Grand Duchy of Baden, etc. Translated from the German, and continued to 1840. 4 vols. 

 8vo. 21. cloth. 



CONTENTS. 



Introduction Of History in general. 



First Boo*. Ancient World : History from 

 the Origin of Mankind, or from the Com- 

 mencement of Historical Knowledge to the 

 Migration of Nations from A.M. 1 (or 3983 

 B.C.) to A.D. 400. 



Second Book. Middle Ages: History from 

 the Great Migration of Nations until the 

 Discovery of both Indies and the Reforma- 



Third Booh. Modern History, First Part: 

 History from the Discovery of America until 

 the French Revolution from A.D. 1492 to 

 1789. 



Fourth Book. Modern History, Second Part: 

 From the Commencement of the French 

 Revolution to the Present Time 1789 to 

 1840. 



Appendix. Containing a general View of the 

 rincipal Events from the Foundation of the 

 oly Alliance till the last French Revolu- 



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lion" (1830). 



tiou-from A.D. 400 to 1500. 



*,* Each volume contains a Table of Synchronal Events. 



LIFE OF FREDERICK THE SECOND, KING OF PRUSSIA. 



By Lord Dover. 2d Edition, 2 vols. 8ro. with Portrait, 28s. boards. 



ECCLESIASTICAL CHRONOLOGY; 



Or, Annals of the Christian Church, from its Foundation to the present Time. Containing a 

 View of General Church History, and the Course of Secular Events < the Limits of the Church 

 and its Relations to the State ; Controversies ; Sects and Parties ; Rites, Institutions, and 

 Discipline ; Ecclesiastical Writers. The whole arranged according to the order of Dates, and 

 divided into Seven Periods. To which are added, Lists of Councils and Popes, Patriarchs, 

 and Archbishops of Canterbury. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A., author of " The Complete 

 Latin Dictionary." 1 vol. 8vo. 15*. cloth. 



A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE, 



And of various Events connected therewith, which occurred during the Reign of Edward III. 

 King of England. By G. P. R. James, Esq. 2d Edition, 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. with Map, 15s. 

 cloth. 



THE HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE; 



With a Sketch of the State and History of France, from the Fall of the Roman Empire to the 

 Rise of the Carlovingian Dynasty. By G. P. R.James, Esq. 1 vol. 8vo. with Portraits, etc. 

 16s. boards. 



