A Cursory History of Swearing Part 11

The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF SHERIDAN,

By RICHARD GRANT WHITE.

Three Portraits have been etched for this Edition--after the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the Drawing by Corbould, and the Sketch originally published in the _Gentleman's Magazine_.

In 3 vols. post 8vo, cloth.

NOTE.--_Only a limited number of this Edition has been printed._

_Ready in October._

A HANDSOME LARGE PAPER EDITION OF The Works of Wm. Hickling Prescott.

In 15 Volumes 8vo, cloth (not sold separately).

_With 30 Portraits printed on India paper._

Athenaeum.

"In point of style Prescott ranks with the ablest English historians, and paragraphs may be found in his volumes in which the grace and elegance of Addison are combined with Robertson's majestic cadence and Gibbon's brilliancy."

J. Lothrop Motley.

"Wherever the English language is spoken over the whole earth his name is perfectly familiar. We all of us know what his place was in America.

But I can also say that in eight years (1851-59) pa.s.sed abroad I never met a single educated person of whatever nation that was not acquainted with his fame, and hardly one who had not read his works. No living American name is so widely spread over the whole world."

NOTE.--_Only a limited number of this Edition is printed._

_First three vols. ready in October._

The History of England, FROM THE FIRST INVASION BY THE ROMANS TO THE ACCESSION OF WILLIAM AND MARY IN 1688.

By JOHN LINGARD, D.D.

Copyright Edition, with Ten Etched Portraits. In Ten Vols. demy 8vo, cloth, 5, 5s.

This New Copyright Library Edition of "Lingard's History of England,"

besides containing all the latest notes and emendations of the Author, with Memoir, in enriched with Ten Portraits, newly etched by Damman, of the following personages, viz.:--Dr. Lingard, Edward I., Edward III., Cardinal Wolsey, Cardinal Pole, Elizabeth, James L, Cromwell, Charles II., James II.

NOTE.--_The Edition is limited in number, and intending purchasers would do well by ordering early from their respective Booksellers._

The Times.

"No greater service can be rendered to literature than the republication, in a handsome and attractive form, of works which time and the continued approbation of the world have made cla.s.sical.... This new library edition of Dr. Lingard's 'History of England,' which has just been published in ten volumes, is an excellent reproduction of a work which had latterly been becoming somewhat scarce, and of which a new edition seems to be really wanted.... The accuracy of Lingard's statements on many points of controversy, as well as the genial sobriety of his view, is now recognised."

The Tablet.

"It is with the greatest satisfaction that we welcome this new edition of Dr. Lingard's 'History of England.' It has long been a desideratum.... No general history of England has appeared which can at all supply the place of Lingard, whose painstaking industry and careful research have dispelled many a popular delusion, whose candour always carries his reader with him, and whose clear and even style is never fatiguing. The type and get up of these ten volumes leave nothing to be desired, and they are enriched with excellent portraits in etching."

The Spectator.

"We are glad to see that the demand for Dr. Lingard's _England_ still continues. Few histories give the reader the same impression of exhaustive study. This new edition is excellently printed, and ill.u.s.trated with ten portraits of the greatest personages in our history."

Dublin Review.

"It is pleasant to notice that the demand for Lingard continues to be such that publishers venture on a well got-up library edition like the one before us. More than sixty years have gone since the first volume of the first edition was published; many equally pretentious histories have appeared during that s.p.a.ce, and have more or less disappeared since, yet Lingard lives--is still a recognised and respected authority."

The Scotsman.

"There is no need, at this time of day, to say anything in vindication of the importance, as a standard work, of Dr. Lingard's 'History of England.' For half a century it has been recognised as a literary achievement of the highest merit, and a monument of the erudition and research of the author.... His book is of the highest value, and should find a place on the shelves of every library. Its intrinsic merits are very great. The style is lucid, pointed, and puts no strain upon the reader; and the printer and publisher have neglected nothing that could make this--what it is likely long to remain--the standard edition of a work of great historical and literary value."

Imaginary Conversations.

By WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.

In Five Vols. crown 8vo, cloth, 30s.

FIRST SERIES--CLa.s.sICAL DIALOGUES, GREEK AND ROMAN.

SECOND SERIES--DIALOGUES OF SOVEREIGNS AND STATESMEN.

THIRD SERIES--DIALOGUES OF LITERARY MEN.

FOURTH SERIES--DIALOGUES OF FAMOUS WOMEN.

FIFTH SERIES--MISCELLANEOUS DIALOGUES.

NOTE.--_This New Edition is printed from the last Edition of his Works, revised and edited by John Forster, and is published by arrangement with the Proprietors of the Copyright of Walter Savage Landor's Works._