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Show LEA & BLANCHARD•S NEW PUBLICATIONS. Now CoJUPLETE.-STRICKLAND•S QUEEN OF ENGLAND. NEW AND IMPROVED EDITION. LIVES 0 F T H E Q U E ENS 0 F EN G LAND, FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST. WITH ANECDOTES OF THEIR COURTS. Now First Published from Official Records, and other Authentic Documents, Private as well as Public. NEW EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS AND CORRECTtONS. BY AGNES STRICKLAND. In si:!: volumes crown octavo, extra crimson cloth, or half morocco, printed on fine paper and large type. In this edition, Volume One contains Vols. 1, 2 and 3 of the 12mo. edition; Volume Two contains Vols. 4 and 5; Volume Three contains Vole. 6 and 7; Volume Four contains Vols. 8 and 9; Volume Five contains Vols. 10 and 11; and Volume Six contains Vol. 12. The whole forming a very handsome series, suitable for presents, prizes, &c. The publishers have great pleasure in presenting to the public this work in a complete form. During the long period in which it has been issuing from the press, it bas assumed the character of a standard work ; and, as occupying ground hitherto untouched, as embodying uumerous historical facts hitherto unnoticed, and as containing vivid skt!tches of the character and manners of the times, with anecdotes, documents, &c. &.c., it presents numerous claims on the attention of both the student of hi tory and desultory reader. Those who have been waiting its completion can now obtain it, forming a handsome set, twelve volumes in six, in various styles of binding. A few copies still on hand of the Duodecimo Edition. Vol. I.-Contains Matilda or Flanders, Matilda oF Scotland, Adelicia of Louvaine, Matilda of Boulogne, and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Vol. II.-Berengaria of Navarre, Isabella of Angouleme, Eleanor of Provence, Eleanor of Castile, Marguerite of France, Isabella of France, Philippa of Hainault, nod Anne of Bohemia. Vol. IlL-Isabella of Valois, Joanna of Navarre, Katharine of Valois, Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, and Ann of Warwick. Vol.IV.-Eiizabeth of York, Katharine of Arragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, and Katharine Howard. Vol. V.-Katharine Parr and Queen Mary. Vol. VI. -Queen Elizabeth. Vol. VII.-Queen Elizabeth (continued), and Anne of Denmark. Vol. VIII.- Henrietta Maria and Catharine of Braganza. Vol. IX. -Mary of Modena. Vol. X.-Mary of Modena (continued), and Mary II. Vol. XL-Mary II. (continued), and Queen Anne. Vol. XIL-Queen Anne (concluded). Any volume sold separately, or the whole to match in neat green cloth. These volumes have the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history.Tim. es. A mO$t valuable and entertaining work.-CMonicle. This interesting and well-written work, in which the severe truth of history takes almost the wildness of romance, will constitute a valuable addition to our biographical litera\ure.-Morning Herald. A valuable contribution to historical knowledge, to young persons especially. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry andresource could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work.-.Athenaum. The execution of this work is equal to the conception. Great pains have been taken to make it both interesting and valuable.-Lit<1'ary Gazette. A charming work-full of interest, at once serious and pleasing.- Monsieur Guizot. A most charming biographical memoir. We conclude by expressing our unqualified opinion, that we know of no more valuable contribution to modern history than this ninttt volume of Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens.-Morning H erald. *2 |
