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RUSSELL’S MODERN EUROPE EPITOMIZED. For the use of Students and Schools, with an Index, forming a complete Text-Book of Modern History; a perfect treasury of Facts, Dates, and Important Events; the History of Kingdoms and States, and Lives of celebrated Characters. ByGeorge Townsend.
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PRESCOTT AND ROBERTSON’S HISTORY OF CHARLES the FIFTH, beingRobertson’sHistory of his Reign. With important original additions byW. H. Prescott. New Index, and Steel Portrait. Uniform with the Editions of Mr.Prescott’sother Works published byR. Bentley.
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PRESCOTT’S ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL.—Comprising:
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MICHAUD’S HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES, The First English Edition translated from the French; with Notes. Memoir and Preface byW. Robson.
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THE BRITISH EXPEDITION TO THE CRIMEA. ByW. H. Russell,The Times’“Special Correspondent.” Being a Revised Edition of “The War,” with additions and corrections. Illustrated with Plans of the Battles, Woodcuts, and Steel Portrait of Author.
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AHISTORY OF BRITISH INDIA, from the Earliest Period of English Intercourse to the Present Time. ByCharles MacFarlane. With Additions to the year 1858. Illustrated with numerous Engravings.
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RUSSELL’S MODERN EUROPE, with a View of the Progress of Society from the Rise of the Modern Kingdoms. New Edition, continued to the Peace of Paris, 1856, to which is added a compendious Index compiled expressly for this Edition.
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THE HISTORY OF EXTRAORDINARY POPULAR DELUSIONS. ByCharles Mackay, LL.D. The Third Edition. Illustrated with One Hundred and Twenty Engravings, from scarce Prints and other authentic sources.
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BONNECHOSE’S HISTORY OF FRANCE. The first English Edition. Translated byW. Robson, Esq., Translator of Michaud’s “History of the Crusades,” &c. With Illustrations and Index.
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FELICE’S HISTORY OF THE PROTESTANTS OF FRANCE, from the Commencement of the Reformation to the Present Time. Translated from the Revised and Corrected Edition.
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HISTORY OF THE POPES. ByLeopold Ranke. Including their Church and State, the Re-organization of the Inquisition, the Rise, Progress, and Consolidation of the Jesuits, and the means taken to effect the Counter-reformation in Germany, to revive Romanism in France, and to suppress Protestant Principles in the South of Europe. Translated from the last edition of the German byWalter K. Kelly, of Trinity College, Dublin.
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EMBASSIES AND FOREIGN COURTS. A History of Diplomacy. ByThe Roving Englishman. The Second Edition.
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PICTURES FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS. ByThe Roving Englishman. The Third Edition, with Illustrations from Sketches taken on the spot, and Chapters respecting—
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LANDMARKS OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By the Rev.James White. (The Twenty-second Thousand.)
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LANDMARKS OF THE HISTORY OF GREECE. By the Rev.James White.
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GOLDSMITH’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. A New Edition, with Continuation to the Death of Wellington. With Portraits of all the Sovereigns.
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BOSWELL’S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON, with numerous Portraits, Views, and Characteristic Designs, engraved from authentic sources.
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THE LIFE, PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC, OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE. ByPeter Burke, Esq. (of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit). Profusely illustrated with Portraits, Scenes of Events, and Landscape Views, relating to the great Orator and the other noted persons of his time and career.
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ELLISTON’S LIFE and ENTERPRISES. ByGeorge Raymond. Illustrated with Portrait and Engravings on steel, from designs by Phiz, Cruikshank, &c.
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EXTRAORDINARY MEN: their Boyhood and Early Youth. ByWilliam Russell, Esq. The Sixth Edition, illustrated with 50 Engravings of Portraits, Birthplaces, Incidents, &c. &c.
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EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN: their Girlhood and Early Years. ByWilliam Russell, Esq. Illustrated with numerous Engravings designed and executed by Messrs. Dalziel.
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EXMOUTH’S (LORD) LIFE. BYEdward Osler.
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MARLBOROUGH’S LIFE. ByCharles MacFarlane. With Two Illustrations.
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THE GREAT COMMANDERS OF ALL NATIONS. ByG. P. R. James. A new revised Edition, comprising the Lives of Henry the Fifth, Turenne, the Great Condé, Marlboro’, Peterboro’, General Wolfe, Cromwell, Duke of Alva, Gonzalvo de Cordova, &c., &c., with Eight Illustrations.
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THE BUCCANEERS (HISTORY OF); or, The Monarchs of the Spanish Main. ByWalter Thornbury. With Eight Illustrations by Phiz.
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WELLINGTON (LIFE OF). ByChas. MacFarlane. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.
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GRIMALDI’S LIFE. Edited byCharles Dickens, and Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
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CRANMER’S LIFE. ByJohn Strype, M.A., being Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, some time Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. A New Edition, byPhilip E. Barnes, Esq., B.A., F.L.S., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
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NELSON’S LIFE. ByJoseph Allen, Author of “Battles of the British Navy.” With a Portrait of Nelson.
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RICHELIEU’S LIFE. ByW. Robson. With Illustrations.
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CHANNING’S (Dr.) LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by his Nephew,William Henry Channing. A New Edition, with a Portrait.
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JULIUS CÆSAR (LIFE OF). By the Ven.John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan, Author of “Life of Alexander.” Printed on superfine paper, with Four Illustrations.
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UNIFORM ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS OF MR. AINSWORTH’S WORKS.
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TOWER OF LONDON (The). With Forty Illustrations on Steel; and numerous Engravings on Wood by George Cruikshank.
LANCASHIRE WITCHES. Illustrated by J. Gilbert.
JACK SHEPPARD. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
OLD ST. PAUL’S. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
GUY FAWKES. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
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CRICHTON. With Steel Illustrations, from designs by H. K. Browne.
WINDSOR CASTLE. With Steel Engravings, and Woodcuts by Cruikshank.
MISER’S DAUGHTER. Illustrated by George Cruikshank.
ROOKWOOD. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.
SPENDTHRIFT. With Illustrations by Phiz.
STAR CHAMBER. With Illustrations by Phiz.
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FLITCH OF BACON (The); or, the Custom of Dunmow. A Tale of English Home. ByW. H. Ainsworth, Esq. With Illustrations by John Gilbert. The Second Edition.
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COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO. ByAlexandre Dumas. Comprising the Château d’If, with 20 Illustrations, drawn on Wood by M. Valentin, and executed by the best English engravers.
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FANNY, THE LITTLE MILLINER; or, the Rich and the Poor. ByCharles Rowcroft, Author of “Tales of the Colonies,” &c. With 27 Illustrations by Phiz.
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CARLETON’S TRAITS AND STORIES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY. A new Pictorial Edition, with an Autobiographical Introduction, Explanatory Notes, and numerous Illustrations on Wood and Steel, by Phiz, &c.
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“Unless another master-hand like Carleton’s should appear, it is in his pages, and his alone, that future generations must look for the truest and fullest picture of the Irish peasantry, who will ere long have passed away from the troubled land, and from the records of history.”—Edinburgh Review, Oct. 1852.
“Truly—Intensely Irish.”—Blackwood.
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THE FORTUNES OF TORLOGH O’BRIEN: a Tale of the Wars of King James. With Steel Illustrations by Phiz.
“This stirring tale contains the best history of the Battle of the Boyne, and is written with a master hand. It is fully equal to any of Lever’s works.”—Observer.
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THE NEW TALE OF A TUB. ByF. W. N. Bayley. Illustrated by Engravings reduced from the original Drawing by Aubrey.
“Fun and humour from beginning to end.”—Athenæum.
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This Collection now comprises the best Novels of our more celebrated Authors. The volumes are all printed on good paper, with an Illustration, and form, without exception, the best and cheapest collection of light reading that is anywhere to be obtained.
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