Classes._ II.--_Income of the United Kingdom._
“_A painstaking and certainly most interesting inquiry._”--PALL MALL
GAZETTE.
*Bernard.*--FOUR LECTURES ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH DIPLOMACY. By
MOUNTAGUE BERNARD, M.A., Chichele Professor of International Law and
Diplomacy, Oxford. 8vo. 9_s._
_Four Lectures, dealing with (1) The Congress of Westphalia; (2)
Systems of Policy; (3) Diplomacy, Past and Present; (4) The Obligations
of Treaties._
*Blake.*--THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BLAKE, THE ARTIST. By ALEXANDER
GILCHRIST. With numerous Illustrations from Blake’s designs, and
Fac-similes of his studies of the “Book of Job.” Medium 8vo. half
morocco, 18_s._
_These volumes contain a Life of Blake; Selections from his Writings,
including Poems; Letters; Annotated Catalogue of Pictures and Drawings,
List, with occasional notes, of Blake’s Engravings and Writings. There
are appended Engraved Designs by Blake; (1) The Book of Job, twenty-one
photo-lithographs from the originals; (2) Songs of Innocence and
Experience, sixteen of the original Plates._
*Blanford (W. T.).*--GEOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY OF ABYSSINIA. By W. T.
BLANFORD. 8vo. 21_s._
_This work contains an account of the Geological and Zoological
Observations made by the Author in Abyssinia, when accompanying the
British Army on its march to Magdala and back in 1868, and during a
short journey in Northern Abyssinia, after the departure of the troops.
Part I. Personal Narrative; Part II. Geology; Part III. Zoology. With
Coloured Illustrations and Geological Map._
*Bright (John, M.P.).*--SPEECHES ON QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY. By the
Right Hon. JOHN BRIGHT, M. P. Edited by Professor THOROLD ROGERS. Two
vols. 8vo. 25_s._ Second Edition, with Portrait.
“_I have divided the Speeches contained in these volumes into groups.
The materials for selection are so abundant, that I have been
constrained to omit many a speech which is worthy of careful perusal.
I have naturally given prominence to those subjects with which Mr.
Bright has been especially identified, as, for example, India, America,
Ireland, and Parliamentary Reform. But nearly every topic of great
public interest on which Mr. Bright has spoken is represented in these
volumes._”
EDITOR’S PREFACE.
AUTHOR’S POPULAR EDITION. Extra fcap. 8vo. cloth. Second Edition. 3_s._
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*Bryce.*--THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE. By JAMES BRYCE, B.C.L., Regius
Professor of Civil Law, Oxford. New and Revised Edition. Crown 8vo.
7_s._ 6_d._
CHATTERTON: A Biographical Study. BY DANIEL WILSON, LL.D., Professor of
History and English Literature in University College, Toronto. Crown
8vo. 6_s._ 6_d._
_The Author here regards Chatterton as a Poet, not as a mere “resetter
and defacer of stolen literary treasures.” Reviewed in this light, he
has found much in the old materials capable of being turned to new
account; and to these materials research in various directions has
enabled him to make some additions._
*Clay.*--THE PRISON CHAPLAIN. A Memoir of the Rev. JOHN CLAY, B.D.,
late Chaplain of the Preston Gaol. With Selections from his Reports and
Correspondence, and a Sketch of Prison Discipline in England. By his
Son, the Rev. W. L. CLAY, M.A. 8vo. 15_s._
“_Few books have appeared of late years better entitled to an attentive
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and attempted by various philanthropists for the amelioration of the
condition and the improvement of the morals of the criminal classes in
the British dominions._”--LONDON REVIEW.
*Cobden.*--SPEECHES ON QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY. By RICHARD COBDEN.
Edited by the Right Hon. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P., and Professor ROGERS. Two
vols. 8vo. With Portrait. (Uniform with BRIGHT’S SPEECHES.)
_The Speeches contained in these two volumes have been selected and
edited at the instance of the Cobden Club. They form an important
part of that collective contribution to political science which has
conferred on their author so vast a reputation._
*Cooper.*--ATHENÆ CANTABRIGIENSES. By CHARLES HENRY COOPER, F.S.A.,
and THOMPSON COOPER, F.S.A. Vol. I. 8vo., 1500–85, 18_s._; Vol. II.,
1586–1609, 18_s._
_This elaborate work, which is dedicated by permission to Lord
Macaulay, contains lives of the eminent men sent forth by Cambridge,
after the fashion of Anthony à Wood, in his famous “Athenæ
Oxonienses._”
*Cox (G. V., M.A.).*--RECOLLECTIONS OF OXFORD. By G. V. COX, M.A., New
College, Late Esquire Bedel and Coroner in the University of Oxford.
_Second Edition._ Crown 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._
“_An amusing_ farrago _of anecdote, and will pleasantly recall in many
a country parsonage the memory of youthful days._”--TIMES.
*“Daily News.”*--THE WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE _DAILY NEWS_, 1870.
Edited, with Notes and Comments, forming a Continuous Narrative of the
War between Germany and France. With Maps. _Third Edition, revised._
Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._
_This volume brings before the public in a convenient and portable
form the record of the momentous events which have marked the last six
months of 1870._
_The special value of letters from camps and battle-fields consists
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scenes and transactions in the midst of which they are written. In the
letters which have appeared in the_ DAILY NEWS _since the Franco–Prussian
War, the public has recognized this quality as present in an eminent
degree._
_The book begins with a chronology of the war from July 4th, when the
French government called out the army reserves, to December 4th; the
detailes of the campaign are illustrated by four maps representing--1.
The battles of Weissenburg and Wörth. 2. The battles of Saarbrücken and
Speiecheren. 3. The battle-field before Sedan. 4. A plan of Metz and
its vicinity._
THE WAR CORRESPONDENCE OF THE _DAILY NEWS_ continued to the Peace.
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*Dicey (Edward).*--THE MORNING LAND. By EDWARD DICEY. Two vols. crown
8vo. 16_s._
“_An invitation to be present at the opening of the Suez Canal was the
immediate cause of my journey. But I made it my object also to see as
much of the Morning Land, of whose marvels the canal across the Isthmus
is only the least and latest, as time and opportunity would permit.
The result of my observations was communicated to the journal I then
represented, in a series of letters, which I now give to the public in
a collected form._”--Extract from AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
*Dilke.*--GREATER BRITAIN. A Record of Travel in English-speaking
Countries during 1866–7. (America, Australia, India.) By Sir CHARLES
WENTWORTH DILKE, M.P. Fifth and Cheap Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
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implies a great deal of physical pluck, that no page of it fails to
show an acute and highly intelligent observer, that it stimulates the
imagination as well as the judgment of the reader, and that it is on
perhaps the most interesting subject that can attract an Englishman who
cares about his country._”
SATURDAY REVIEW.
*Dürer (Albrecht).*--HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF ALBRECHT DÜRER, of
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account of his works. By Mrs. CHARLES HEATON. Royal 8vo. bevelled
boards, extra gilt. 31_s._ 6_d._
_This work contains about Thirty Illustrations, ten of which are
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Autotype Company, Limited; the rest are Photographs and Woodcuts._
EARLY EGYPTIAN HISTORY FOR THE YOUNG. _See_ “JUVENILE SECTION.”
*Elliott.*--LIFE OF HENRY VENN ELLIOTT, of Brighton. By JOSIAH BATEMAN,
M.A., Author of “Life of Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta,” &c. With
Portrait, engraved by JEENS; and an Appendix containing a short sketch
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while ascending the Schreckhorn in July, 1869.) Crown 8vo. 8_s._ 6_d._
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“_A very charming piece of religious biography; no one can read it
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EUROPEAN HISTORY, narrated in a Series of Historical Selections from
the best Authorities. Edited and arranged by E. M. SEWELL and C. M.
YONGE. First Series, crown 8vo. 6_s._; Second Series, 1088–1228, crown
8vo. 6_s._
_When young children have acquired the outlines of history from
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Two courses are open, either to take a general and consequently dry
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may serve as distinct landmarks of historical reading. “We know of
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likely to raise to a higher level the average standard of English
education._”
*Fairfax.*--A LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIRFAX, Commander-in-Chief of the
Army of the Parliament of England. By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, F.S.A. With
Portraits, Maps, Plans, and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. 16_s._
_No full Life of the great Parliamentary Commander has appeared; and
it is here sought to produce one--based upon careful research in
contemporary records and upon family and other documents._
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War._”--FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.
*Forbes.*--LIFE OF PROFESSOR EDWARD FORBES, F.R.S. By GEORGE WILSON,
M.D., F.R.S.E., and ARCHIBALD GEIKIE, F.R.S. 8vo. with Portrait, 14_s._
“_From the first page to the last the book claims careful reading,
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beauty._”--EXAMINER.
*Freeman.*--HISTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, from the Foundation of
the Achaian League to the Disruption of the United States. By EDWARD
A. FREEMAN, M.A. Vol. I. General Introduction. History of the Greek
Federations. 8vo. 21_s._
“_The task Mr. Freeman has undertaken is one of great magnitude and
importance. It is also a task of an almost entirely novel character.
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occurs to us, except the slight contributions to the history of
representative government that is contained in a course of M. Guizot’s
lectures.... The history of the development of a principle is at least
as important as the history of a dynasty, or of a race._”--SATURDAY
REVIEW.
OLD ENGLISH HISTORY. By EDWARD A. FREEMAN, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity
College, Oxford. With _Five Coloured Maps_. Second Edition extra. Fcap.
8vo., half-bound. 6_s._
“_Its object is to show that clear, accurate, and scientific views of
history, or indeed of any subject, may be easily given to children from
the very first ... I have, I hope, shown that it is perfectly easy to
teach children, from the very first, to distinguish true history alike
from legend and from wilful invention, and also to understand the
nature of historical authorities, and to weigh one statement against
another.... I have throughout striven to connect the history of England
with the general history of civilized Europe, and I have especially
tried to make the book serve as an incentive to a more accurate study
of historical geography._”--PREFACE.
HISTORY OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF WELLS, as illustrating the History
of the Cathedral Churches of the Old Foundation. By EDWARD A. FREEMAN,
D.C.L., formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. Crown 8vo. 3_s._
6_d._
“_I have here tried to treat the history of the Church of Wells as
a contribution to the general history of the Church and Kingdom
of England, and specially to the history of Cathedral Churches of
the Old Foundation.... I wish to point out the general principles
of the original founders as the model to which the Old Foundations
should be brought back, and the New Foundations reformed after their
pattern._”--PREFACE.
*French (George Russell).*--SHAKSPEAREANA GENEALOGICA. 8vo. cloth
extra, 15_s._ Uniform with the “Cambridge Shakespeare.”
_Part I.--Identification of the dramatis personæ in the historical
plays, from King John to King Henry VIII.; Notes on Characters in
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alluded to. Part II.--The Shakspeare and Arden families and their
connexions, with Tables of descent. The present is the first attempt
to give a detailed description, in consecutive order, of each of the_
dramatis personæ _in Shakespeare’s immortal chronicle-histories,
and some of the characters have been, it is believed, herein
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with ordinary diligence, may enable any one, with a taste for the
pursuit, to trace a distinguished Shakespearean worthy to his lineal
representative in the present day._
*Galileo.*--THE PRIVATE LIFE OF GALILEO. Compiled principally from his
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Nun in the Franciscan Convent of S. Matthew in Arcetri. With Portrait.
Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._
_It has been the endeavour of the compiler to place before the reader
a plain, ungarbled statement of facts; and as a means to this end, to
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far as possible._
*Gladstone (Right Hon. W. E., M.P.).*--JUVENTUS MUNDI. The Gods and
Men of the Heroic Age. Crown 8vo. cloth extra. With Map. 10_s._ 6_d._
Second Edition.
_This new work of Mr. Gladstone deals especially with the historic
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after the introductory chapter, with a discussion of the several races
then existing in Hellas, including the influence of the Phœnicians
and Egyptians. It contains chapters on the Olympian system, with its
several deities; on the Ethics and the Polity of the Heroic age; on
the geography of Homer; on the characters of the Poems; presenting, in
fine, a view of primitive life and primitive society as found in the
poems of Homer. To this New Edition various additions have been made._
“GLOBE” ATLAS OF EUROPE. Uniform in size with Macmillan’s Globe Series,
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rivers and mountain ranges. “This atlas,” writes the_ British
Quarterly, “_will be an invaluable boon for the school, the desk, or
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*Godkin (James).*--THE LAND WAR IN IRELAND. A History for the Times.
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Correspondent of the _Times_. 8vo. 12_s._
_A History of the Irish Land Question._
*Guizot.*--(Author of “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.”)--M. DE BARANTE, a
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the Author of “JOHN HALIFAX, GENTLEMAN.” Crown 8vo. 6_s._ 6_d._
“_The highest purposes of both history and biography are answered by a
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*Hole.*--A GENEALOGICAL STEMMA OF THE KINGS OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE. By
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_The different families are printed in distinguishing colours, thus
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A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY. Compiled and Arranged by the Rev.
CHARLES HOLE, M.A. Second Edition. 18mo, neatly and strongly bound in
cloth. 4_s._ 6_d._
_One of the most comprehensive and accurate Biographical Dictionaries
in the world, containing more than 18,000 persons of all countries,
with dates of birth and death, and what they were distinguished for.
Extreme care has been bestowed on the verification of the dates; and
thus numerous errors, current in previous works, have been corrected.
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“_An invaluable addition to our manuals of reference, and, from
its moderate price, cannot fail to become as popular as it is
useful._”--TIMES.
*Hozier.*--THE SEVEN WEEKS’ WAR; Its Antecedents and its Incidents. By
H. M. HOZIER. With Maps and Plans. Two vols. 8vo. 28_s._
_This work is based upon letters reprinted by permission from_ “The
Times.” _For the most part it is a product of a personal eye-witness of
some of the most interesting incidents of a war which, for rapidity and
decisive results, 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. 9_s._
“_Several accounts of the British Expedition have been published....
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those authentic documents, which cannot be collected directly after
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sketch has been to present to readers a succinct and impartial account
of an enterprise which has rarely been equalled in the annals of
war._”--PREFACE.
*Irving.*--THE ANNALS OF OUR TIME. A Diurnal of Events, Social and
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the present Parliament. By JOSEPH IRVING. Second Edition, continued to
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indeed to every one who feels an interest in the progress of the age;
and we may add that its value is considerably increased by the addition
of that most important of all appendices, an accurate and instructive
index._”--TIMES.
*Kingsley (Canon).*--ON THE ANCIEN REGIME as it existed on the
Continent before the FRENCH REVOLUTION. Three Lectures delivered at the
Royal Institution. By the Rev. C. KINGSLEY, M.A., formerly Professor of
Modern History in the University of Cambridge. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
_These three lectures discuss severally (1) Caste, (2) Centralization,
(3) The Explosive Forces by which the Revolution was superinduced. The
Preface deals at some length with certain political questions of the
present day._
THE ROMAN AND THE TEUTON. A Series of Lectures delivered before the
University of Cambridge. By Rev. C. KINGSLEY, M.A. 8vo. 12_s._
CONTENTS:--_Inaugural Lecture; The Forest Children; The Dying Empire;
The Human Deluge; The Gothic Civilizer; Dietrich’s End; The Nemesis
of the Goths; Paulus Diaconus; The Clergy and the Heathen; The Monk a
Civilizer; The Lombard Laws; The Popes and the Lombards; The Strategy
of Providence._
*Kingsley* (*Henry, F.R.G.S.*).--TALES OF OLD TRAVEL. Re-narrated by
HENRY KINGSLEY, F.R.G.S. With _Eight Illustrations_ by HUARD. Third
Edition. Crown 8vo. 6_s._
CONTENTS:--_Marco Polo; The Shipwreck of Pelsart; The Wonderful
Adventures of Andrew Battel; The Wanderings of a Capuchin; Peter
Carder; The Preservation of the “Terra Nova;” Spitzbergen;
D’Ermenonville’s Acclimatization Adventure; The Old Slave Trade; Miles
Philips; The Sufferings of Robert Everard; John Fox; Alvaro Nunez; The
Foundation of an Empire._
*Latham.*--BLACK AND WHITE: A Journal of a Three Months’ Tour in the
United States. By HENRY LATHAM, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. 8vo. 10_s._
6_d._
“_The spirit in which Mr. Latham has written about our brethren in
America is commendable in high degree._”--ATHENÆUM.
*Law.*--THE ALPS OF HANNIBAL. By WILLIAM JOHN LAW, M.A., formerly
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“_No one can read the work and not acquire a conviction that, in
addition to a thorough grasp of a particular topic, its writer has at
command a large store of reading and thought upon many cognate points
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*Liverpool.*--THE LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION OF ROBERT BANKS, SECOND EARL
OF LIVERPOOL, K.G. Compiled from Original Family Documents by CHARLES
DUKE YONGE, Regius Professor of History and English Literature in
Queen’s College, Belfast; and Author of “The History of the British
Navy,” “The history of France under the Bourbons,” etc. Three vols.
8vo. 42_s._
_Since the time of Lord Burleigh no one, except the second Pitt, ever
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held office at so critical a time ... Lord Liverpool is the very last
minister who has been able fully to carry out his own political views;
who has been so strong that in matters of general policy the Opposition
could extort no concessions from him which were not sanctioned by his
own deliberate judgment. The present work is founded almost entirely on
the correspondence left behind him by Lord Liverpool, and now in the
possession of Colonel and Lady Catherine Harcourt._
“_Full of information and instruction._”--FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW.
*Macmillan (Rev. Hugh).*--HOLIDAYS ON HIGH LANDS; or, Rambles and
Incidents in search of Alpine Plants. By the Rev. HUGH MACMILLAN,
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“_Botanical knowledge is blended with a love of nature, a pious
enthusiasm, and a rich felicity of diction not to be met with in any
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FOOT-NOTES FROM THE PAGE OF NATURE. With numerous Illustrations. Fcap.
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BIBLE TEACHINGS IN NATURE. Fifth Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 6_s._
*Martin (Frederick).*--THE STATESMAN’S YEAR-BOOK: A Statistical and
Historical Account of the States of the Civilized World. Manual for
Politicians and Merchants for the year 1871. BY FREDERICK MARTIN.
_Eighth Annual Publication._ Crown 8vo. 10_s._ 6_d._
_The new issue has been entirely re-written, revised, and corrected,
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STANDARD.
HANDBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY. By FREDERICK MARTIN, Author of “The
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_This volume is an attempt to produce a book of reference, furnishing
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*Martineau.*--BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1852–1868. By HARRIET MARTINEAU.
Third and cheaper Edition, with New Preface. Crown 8vo. 6_s_.
_A Collection of Memoirs under these several sections:--(1) Royal,
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Literary. These Memoirs appeared originally in the columns of the_
“Daily News.”
*Milton.*--LIFE OF JOHN MILTON. Narrated in connexion with the
Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of his Time. By DAVID
MASSON, M.A., LL.D., Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh. Vol. I. with
Portraits. 8vo. 18_s._ Vol. II. in a few days.--Vol. III. in the Press.
_It is intended to exhibit Milton’s life in its connexions with all
the more notable phenomena of the period of British history in which
it was cast--its state politics, its ecclesiastical variations, its
literature and speculative thought. Commencing in 1608, the Life of
Milton proceeds through the last sixteen years of the reign of James
I., includes the whole of the reign of Charles I. and the subsequent
years of the Commonwealth and the Protectorate, and then, passing the
Restoration, extends itself to 1674, or through fourteen years of the
new state of things under Charles II. The first volume deals with the
life of Milton as extending from 1608 to 1640, which was the period of
his education and of his minor poems._
*Mitford (A. B.).*--TALES OF OLD JAPAN. By A. B. MITFORD, Second
Secretary to the British Legation in Japan. With upwards of 30
Illustrations, drawn and cut on Wood by Japanese Artists. Two vols.
crown 8vo. 21_s._
_This work is an attempt to do for Japan what Sir J. Davis, Dr. Legge,
and M. Stanislas Julien, have done for China. Under the influence of
more enlightened ideas and of a liberal system of policy, the old
Japanese civilization is fast disappearing, and will, in a few years,
be completely extinct. It was important, therefore, to preserve as far
as possible trustworthy records of a state of society which although
venerable from its antiquity, has for Europeans the dawn of novelty;
hence the series of narratives and legends translated by Mr. Mitford,
and in which the Japanese are very judiciously left to tell their
own tale. The two volumes comprise not only stories and episodes
illustrative of Asiatic superstitions, but also three sermons. The
preface, appendices, and notes explain a number of local peculiarities;
the thirty-one woodcuts are the genuine work of a native artist, who,
unconsciously of course, has adopted the process first introduced by
the early German masters._
*Morley (John).*--EDMUND BURKE, a Historical Study. By JOHN MORLEY,
B.A. Oxon. Crown 8vo. 7_s._ 6_d._
“_The style is terse and incisive, and brilliant with epigram and
point. It contains pithy aphoristic sentences which Burke himself
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