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ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE— Conthmed. 

 CRITICAL NOTICES OF THIS EDITION. 



Elorning Ctaronicle. 



" Mr Alison has produced what deserves to be regarded as the only 

 complete and authoritative English account of the grandest period of 

 modern history, when the world saw with amazement, the social and 

 political struggles, contests, and mutations, which might well have 

 occupied the lapse of centuries, crowded into the strange and eventful 

 drama of a few short years. » » « His pages embody some of the 

 most valuable lessons of Christian philosophy, and the lottiest precepts of 

 public morality. They have already received the seal of general approba- 

 tion; and we" cannot doubt that the favour extended to them in the 

 elegant and moderately priced form in which they now appear, will be 

 still greater and more lasting." 



Times> 



" At the time this great work appeared in successive volumes, we 

 noticed it at such length, that any detailed repetition of its merits would 

 be superfluous. In spite of the defects which may appear in isolated 

 parts— and how could a work of such magnitude be without them ? — it is 

 unrivalled as a Tliesanrus of information, during one of the most impor- 

 tant periods of the world's history ; and is at the same time a monument 

 of industry and eloquence. Having passed through six editions in its 

 original octavo form, a seventh has now commenced in a more portable 

 shape. The size adapts it to the pocket, while the beauty of the appear- 

 ance qualifies it for a place in the library of the most fastidious." 



Sun. 



" So much has already been written upon the dramatic and elegant style 

 of Alison, as well as upon his endeavour to maintain throughout his pages 

 a scrupulous impartiality — so familiarised is the general public with his 

 magnificent production, and so fully are the abilities of our historian appre- 

 ciated, that we shall content ourselves with simply commenting upon the 

 peculiarities which exclusively characterise the present edition. In its 

 publication the utmost care has been taken to preserve every portion of 

 the original unmutilated and unabbreviated, so that in the compass of a 

 most portable volume, are comprised the entire contents of an octavo or 

 even of a quarto. The classification, the arrangement of the chapters, the 

 foot-notes, and the marginal references, are singular for their compactness ; 

 and this supervision has even extended to the enumeration of the autho- 

 rities quoted in the narrative. A merely superficial glance at this catalogue 

 will be sufficient to show the enormous research and labour required in 

 the composition — a research extending over many hundred volumes, and 

 necessitating a perusal of documents in German. French, English, Italian, 

 Spanish, Latin and Russian. Even in external appearance, the work is 

 remarkable for the attention paid to its general character, the binding 

 lieing at once chaste and substantial * * * A better edition suited to 

 the public at large, could not possibly have been issued." 



Spectator. 



" After standing the test of time and criticism, in continuous publica- 

 tion, volume by volume, both in England and America, and reaching a 

 sale equivalent to six editions, the seventh edition of " Alison's History of 

 Europe " is now to appear in a more compact form, at a lower price, and 

 in a closer, and we think, a handsomer style, both as regards type and 

 paper." 



