PROSPECTUS 
OF 
Landseer’s illustrated edition of 
THE 
ROMANCE OF HISTORY. 
The marked approbation with which the Public has received in 
succession the four Series of Historic Tales, forming this work, 
comprising in the whole 
THE ROMANTIC ANNALS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, 
ITALY, AND SPAIN, in 3 vols each. 
has proved, that if the design was attractive, its execution has like- 
wise been such as to accord fully with the general taste. 
Various reprints of the several portions of the work have been 
from time to time called for ; and the continued demand for it has 
suggested the idea of an improvement, which will tend to enlarge 
the sphere of its utility, by adding to its inviting character. It is 
intended to issue a new edition of the entire work, with 
accompanying graphic embellishments, portraying its most effec- 
tive and picturesque scenes. 
The mode of publication will be that of monthly volumes, hand- 
somely bound in morocco cloth, price Six Shillings, each of which 
will include Seven Illustrations, engraved in the best style of the 
art, from designs by Mr. Thomas Landseer. The publication 
will be commenced on the 1st Nov. and be continued on the first 
day of every succeeding month until the completion in twelve 
volumes : and sets of the 21 Plates, to each Series, will be issued 
separately, in Quarterly Parts, price 4s. 6d. to bind up with all 
former editions of the work. 
It were needless, in relation to a work which has so well esta- 
blished itself in public estimation, to offer accumulated testimo- 
nies as to its merits. The subjoined few and brief extracts are 
from a large mass of notices by the Press, all commendatory of the 
purpose and performance of this undertaking. 
“ The plan of this work is novel, and of a very interesting description. It 
is the realization of that which has been often said, and often felt, — 
that the annals with which the history of this, and every other country, is 
thickly strewn, are in themselves far more romantic than the happiest in- 
ventions of the most ingenious novelists and poets.” — Times. 
“ Manners and events are thus brought forward in their most attrac- 
tive shape; and the reader will have imbibed, almost unconsciously, a 
clear idea of the time, and a great body of historical information, while 
carried on by some pleasant story .” — Literary Gazette. 
“ To the general reader, who cannot afford leisure or obtain facilities 
for an enlarged knowledge of the state of society during the middle ages, 
these historical novels are absolutely necessary .” — Glasgow Free Press. 
“ A striking change will be produced upon the rising generation by a 
perusal of the work before us, and others of a similar description. History, 
instead of being read as a task, has become more entertaining than * a 
novel .” — British Magazine. 
