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Show WORKS RECENTLY PUOLTSI!EO. MEMOIRS AND LETTERS OF SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY; with his Por.TTJCAL Du.1w. Edited hy his SoNs. Portrait, &c. Second Edition. ;} vols. Svo, 30s. From .11. Dumon( of Gmn·a to Sir Sam11el Romill.11'1 F.l'Cculor. "Thcro is, r think, 110 other work of tllis kind ":hich conl•l pN)Ilncc tlH) ..,,mo morfll effects upon a youthful ulind. On m1c l!ldo one ~ccs great ~a:cnts, fl'reat TCJIIItntion, and sunJJIC fortune; and, on tl1C other, an ob~curc onpu, ~u~ar·c~ly nny Nlncfl.tion, years Iost.-:md all these dl.'llnlvnntngesovcl'COmc lly UllWCarH.•d npp\icntion, nnd by efforts const:mtly dirC'ctcd tHwards the same end. It is a lesson compmiNl entirely of fact<~, wo1·th nwrc ~lmn volllln C'I nf moral !K'ntimcnts: to wlliuh none of thol'IC prctcm.'C9, by winch young people comJllonly rc<.'(lncile to themselves their own nothingness, C'an lJC ~uggestcd .as IHt ~~~~~~~c·~ . f~c~i~~:;n~ ~:~i il~n5]~~~n~h~ ''~, ~::~r':l' ~~~(t"'~i:~~ ~~~a::~ c;:;e~l i ~;:1~~.~ himself wtthout proten~ion, and bce:w<;e tho plc~m·o he tlmw,; rcla~CH. o nly to those morn! fef'lin ~ s those prh·atc virtues, wi11Ch every one can 11111tatc, n.nd to th:lt domestic li'fc, the happine~!'l of which, 11..~ it is dC'rivcd from the Jlllrest nnd most amiable feelings. crf'atc.s je:~lou~:t: in .tho br~a,t of 1~ 0 on.c. 1\rcro men of tho world will prob:~bly (h ~beheve 1t: 111 th c• r l'yes 1t w1ll appcnr a romance, but one tlmt will n~t offend thom: ~~nd, ~JY tho middli.ng ranks tho most numcNHIS cln.s.<J of SOCiety, these mcmon·s WI!! bo read With the sa~e feeling as thut which dictated their COIIlJlOl:lition." 1\', THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY, from tho Birth of Christ to the Extinction of Paganism in the Roman Empire. By the Itcv. II. H. MILMAN, 3 vo\s. Svo, 36s. "Evincing great research n.nd exhibiting profuuml knowledge of the ~tlhjcct, it brt'athcsa spil'it of pence and tolerance ami conciliation which arc or ought to be the characteristics of n.l l ministers of the gospel. "\Yo sec nothin!{ in Mr. 1\lilnlltn's indulgent '11iows hcynnd those wllich tho most orthodox minister may tnko, nor nrc his opinion~ anything wllich tho high churchman may not conscientiously and consistently maintain.''-Joh11 Btl//. v. THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the Death of Qnccn Anne to tho Reign of George II. Dy Loan MAnON. Second Edition, 3 vols. 8vo, 36s. "Lord :\fnhon hns shown throughout excellent skill in combining, ns well ns cnn· traRting, tl1c vnrionA elements of intcre~·t wl1ich his matel'inls Hft\Jrdc<l; helms dmwn his hlstnricnl portraits with a firm 11nd easy hand, 11nd no one can lay down the book without fct'ling thut he has been under the guidnncc of n ~ingulnrly cleur . hi)lh-principled, anrl hunume mind; nne uniting a very Sf'archiug 1!hrcwdnCS8 with n pure and unuffccted charity, Th(• lUI thor hii.S shown CIJUal courage, judgment, und tnstc, in availing hilu~oclf of minute dc~ail.s, 80 ns. to givo his mtrrative the picttlreS(JitCllCtiS nf a mcnwir, without sacnficmgoue JOt of the real dignity of history, "-Qua,·te,·lu Review. GIBBON'S TITSTORY 011 TI;·~ DECLINE AND FALL OF 'I'll E R0.\1AN E.\IPIH.E. An ('ntircly i\ew Edition ctlited, with Notes, Ly the Rev. 11. H. ~liUUN, and illustrated with ori<>in~llli~torical Map8. 12 vol s. 81·o, fls. cndt . 0 " 1 felt tl•at tllis book, in spite of it!'! fault!!, will always ben noble work-all(] that. we Ill fly t'(lnect the AitUuw's erro•r8 and <.'Om bat his prejudices, without C<'a,•ng to at!nlit that few men have c•unbincd, if we arc not to say In so high ll degr~7· :lt lcn~t in a nHtnncr 1>0 complete nnd 80 well rcgulntcd, the necessary qunJ•hcations fur n writer of ltiAtory."-Gtu'zot. "Thcrc.cnn be no question thnt this edition of Gibbon is tho only one extant to which P:u-cnts and Gw1.roliane and Actldcmica\ Authorities ought to gi\'c :\lly mcmmrc of oountcuancc."-Quarto·ly Jlevil'/0, "Gibbon's History, especially~ oditeo\ by J\11·. 1\filman, is a work for nll time und ,.,,.all cla~<>es. It never before was a work whieh could be 11:tfcly put into the .hm:(\s of the ~otmg, or r·f th'osc whose opportunities nnd means fur de· ~~~~~~;~,;~~sr.~;"~~~:~~)·;; ';·~;:e f~n ~~~~!~;~;"~~~[~· ~~~~~~;;:~;~~~ u~~t!~:ni~;::: po1,;on, If not extra.ctiJd, jms been nuu.lc paljmblo."-.Uonlllfy llcview. VII. TilE CORRESPONDENCE OF WILUAM PITT, FIRST EARL OF CIIA'l'IIAM. Edited by \VM. STANHOPE 'l'Al'LOR nnd JonN liENRY Pm.-wu:, Exccuto1'S of his Son, John E:u·\ of Chatham. 4 vols. !ho, I Ss. each. "There Is hnrdly any mnn it1 modcr·n tin tC3, with tlftl c:\:ccption perhaps of J.nrd Somers, who fills BO l:u·ge a &pace in our history, tllld of whom we know 80 little, n.s Lord Chatham; nnd yet he iii tho persou to whom every ono would at once point, if dcsirt'<l to name the greatest statesman ami orator that this country ever produced. "'Ve regard this work, indcc{l, ns one or tho greatest vnluc; nnd ho\<1 tho editors to lu1vc formed a wise resolution, lx•th us tu their own duty, and the best acrvioo they couhl•·cndcr at onco to the 1ncmory of their illustrious ancestqr, und to tho public interests, by determining to lccop back no part of the precious documents eutJ·ustcd to their cnre. "-Edintmr[Jh Review. VIII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PRIVATE LIFE, l\IANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF 'l'HE ANCIENT EGYP'l'IANS, derived from tl1e Study of H ieroglyphics, Sculpture, Paintings, and other Works of Art, still existing, compared with the Accounts of Ancient Autho1·s. By Sta GARD:\'ER WILKINSON. With 400 Engmvings fl'Om O.t·igiual Dmwings made fl'om the 'l'ombs. 3 vol.'J. 8vo, 3/. 3s. IX. CIIURCII PRINCIPLES CONSIDERED IN THEIR RESULTS. Dy ,V, E. GI.ADSTONE, 1\I.P., late Student of Christ Church. Svo. 12s. CONTENTS :- 1. lNTRODUCTORY - 2. RATION,\r,ISlt-3. 'fnE Cnuncn-4. Tue SACRAMENTS-5. 'l'uE APOSTOLICAL SuccESSION-G. SI'RCJIIJC CLAIMS or TIIP. Cuuncn OI<' ENOLANJ>- 7. Cuuucu PHINCIPLI''.S IN RJ~ LATIO:"' TO PRESENT C IRCUMSTANCM. |