[List No. 2.] 
INSTRUCTIVE AND ENTERTAINING WORKS, 
FOR YOUNG PERSONS ; 
PUBLISHED BY 
JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND, LONDON. 
Those to which a * is prefixed, are published under the Direction of th« 
Committee of General Literature and Education, and are upon the Second 
Supplemental List of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. 
Speedily will be published. Volume I., (to be completed in 
Three Volumes,) of 
* THE FAMILY HISTORY of ENGLAND; accompanied 
by upwards of One Hundred Engravings of Costumes, Archi- 
tecture, Manners and Customs, Arms, Implements, Coins, &c drawn 
from the best Authorities, and forming the most complete Pictorial 
Accompaniment to English History ever published. 
The main purpose of the Family His- 
tory of England has been to unite 
objects which in such undertakings are 
not always found to coincide; namely, 
to render the study of English History 
not merely instructive, but interesting 
and amusing. For this purpose, the 
greatest care has been taken to seize 
upon all those striking features in the 
detail of events, which not only convey 
to the mind of the reader a vivid pic- 
ture of scenes past, but induce him 
to argue from effects to their causes. 
While the philosophy of history, there- 
fore, is sedulously taught, it is taught 
in a manner calculated to gratify both 
young and old, by affording to the one 
class ample scope for reflection; to the 
other, matter that stirs and excites, 
while it conveys sound moral instruc- 
tion. 
In perfect agreement with this plan 
for the work itself, is that by which the 
selection of the Illustrations has been 
regulated. Neither expense nor labour 
has been spared in collecting, from 
every authentic source, the most correct 
delineations of the Dresses, Architec- 
ture, Manners and Customs, Imple- 
ments, &c., of the successive periods of 
English History; and as those ap- 
pended to each chapter will be found to 
bear upon the facts referred to in the 
text, the reader, and especially the 
young reader, will derive from them 
the greatest assistance. 
The Family History of England is 
addressed to readers of all ranks and 
ages. It is eminently adapted for the 
use of Schools, and will be found not 
unworthy of perusal by persons more 
advanced in historical information. 
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