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HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, &> TRAVELS. ii 



Hole {continued) — 



A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Compiled and 



Arranged by the Rev. Charles Hole, M.A. Second Edition. 



i8mo. neatly and strongly bound in cloth, 4J. dd. 



One of the t?iost comprehensive and accurate Biographical Dictionaries 

 in the world, containing more than \%,<X)0 peisons of all countries, with 

 dates of birth and death, and what they wei-e distinguished for. Extreme 

 care has been bestowed on the verification of the dates ; and thus numerous 

 errors, current in in'evious ivorks, have been corrected. Its size adapts it 

 for the desk, portmanteau, or pocket, 



"An invaluable addition to our manuals oj reference, and, from its 

 moderate price, cannot fail to become as popular as it is usefid." — Times. 



Hozier. — THE SEVEN WEEKS' WAR ; Its Antecedents and 

 its Incidents. By H. M. Hozier. With Maps and Plans. Two 

 vols. 8vo. 28j-. 



This work is based upon letters reprinted by permission from " The 

 Times. " For the most part ii is a product of a peisonal eye-witJiess of some 

 of the most interesting incidents of a war which, for rapidity and decisive 

 restdts, may claim an almost unrivalled position in history. 



THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO ABYSSINIA. Compiled from 

 Authentic Documents. By Captain Henry M. Hozier, late 

 Assistant Military Secretary to Lord Napier of Magdala. 8vo. % 



^'■Several accounts of the British Expedition have been published. .... 

 They have, Jurwever, been written by those who have not had access to those 

 authentic documents, which cantiot be collected directly after the termination 



of a campaign The endeavour of the author of this sketch has been to 



present to readers a succinct and impartial account oJ an enterprise which 



i has rarely been equalled in the atinals of war T — PREFACE. 



