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HISTORY OF IRELAND. From the Anglo-Norman Invasion 
till the Union of the Country with Great Britain. By W. C. Taylor, Esq. ! 
With Additions. By William Sampson, Esq. In 2 vols.TSmo. With En- 
gravings. 
Before its republication, this work was submitted for examination to several gen- 
tlemen resident in New-York, natives, or the descendants of natives, of the country 
whose history it contains, and distinguished for their attachment to the unhappy land 
to which they trace their origin, and for their talents and acquirements. Their 
opinion was unanimous, and liighly favourable, and each of them expressed in strong 
terms the pleasure it would afford him to see republished in the United States a 
work so fair, so copious, and so accurate. The public at large lias confirmed then- 
sentence, and stamped tliis historj' with the seal of approbation. The value of the 
history as originally pubUshed has been greatly enhanced by the additions of William 
Sampson, Esq., whose reputation is too well knovm in the country of his adoption to 
require eulogy. 
HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOV- 
ERY ON THE MORE NORTHERN COASTS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By P. F. Tytler, Esq. 
With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North American 
Regions. By Prof. Wilson. To which is added an Appendix, containing 
Remarks on a late Memoir of Sebastian Cabot, with a Vindication of Hakluyt. 
18mo. With a Map and Engravings. 
Among the most remarkable occurrences of the nineteenth century are the various 
expeditions of discovery to the northern coasts of the western continent, so important, 
although not perfectly satisfactory in their results. In no other portion of the earth's 
surface has the navigator to contend with such formidable difficulties, and in none 
does he behold so peculiar an aspect of nature : it follows, therefore, of course, that 
expeditions to no other part of the world furnish to the historian such ample and 
interesting materials. The present volume exhibits a full and accurate view of all 
that is important in modern knowledge of the most remote territories of North 
America, and may be considered as forming a sequel to the " Polar Seas and Regions," 
and as furnishing aU that was wanting to a complete account of the v/hole series of 
northern discoveries by land and water. 
HISTORY OF CHARLEMAGNE. To which is prefixed an 
Introduction, comprising the History of France from the Earliest Period 
to the Birth of Charlemagne. By G. P. R. James, Esq. ISmo. With a 
Portrait. 
The age of Charlemagne may be considered as the period to which the origin of 
most of the nations of Europe as they at present exist, can alone be traced with suf- 
ficient certainty ; beyond this epoch, the researches of the historian are often fated to 
1 end in disappointment and obscurity. In tracing the fortunes of the several powers 
into which that continent is divided, from the earhest attainable facts to the present 
time, it is indispensable that the inquirer should possess a clear and accurate under- 
standing of the actual state as well of France as of the surrounding countries, at the 
period when, by the successes and achievements of that remarkable monarch, his 
kingdom became the dominant power of the European continent. Until the appear- 
ance of Mr. James's History, this clear and accurate understanding was of exceedingly 
diflicult attainment ; the materials from which it was to be drawn were scattered 
through various historical works, and all the labour of arrangement, condensation, and 
comparison was to be performed by the student himself. Such is no longer the case ; 
light has been shed upon the darkness of that remote age ; and the world of Science 
is indebted to Mr. James for the means of readily acquiring a complete and satisfactory 
knowledge in all its details, of the first great epoch hi European History. In the 
numerous commendations of this work that have appeared in tlie Reviews and 
periodicals both of England and the United States, the highest terms of eulogy have 
been employed ; and all have noticed with strong expressions of praise, the singular 
perspicuity of the style, and the remarkable absence of prolixity and confusion in the 
progress of the narrative. 
