14 GENERAL CATALOGUE. Martineau.-BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1852-1868. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. Third Edition, with New Preface. A Collection of Memoirs under these several sections:—(1) Royal, (2) Politicians, (3) Professional, (4) Scientific, (5) Social, (6) Literary. These Memoirs appeared originally in the columns of the "Daily News.” Masson (Professor).—ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL. See Section headed "POETRY AND Belles LettRES.' 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. 18s. Vol. II. 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. Morison.-THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAINT BERNARD, New "One of the best contributions in our literature towards a vivid, intelligent, and worthy knowledge of European interests and thoughts and feelings during the twelfth century. A delightful and instructive volume, and one of the best products of the modern historic spirit." PALL MALL GAZETTE. Morley (John).—EDMUND BURKE, a Historical Study. By JOHN MORLEY, B. A. Oxon. Crown 8vo. 7s. 6d. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, & TRAVELS. 15 "The style is terse and incisive, and brilliant with epigram and point. It contains pithy aphoristic sentences which Burke himself would not have disowned. But these are not its best features: its sustained power of reasoning, its wide sweep of observation and reflection, its elevated ethical and social tone, stamp it as a work of high excellence, and as such we cordially recommend it to our readers.”—SATUrday Review. Mullinger.-CAMBRIDGE CHARACTERISTICS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. By J. B. MULLINGER, B. A. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. It is a very entertaining and readable book."-SATURDAY REVIEW. "The chapters on the Cartesian Philosophy and the Cambridge Platonists are admirable."—ATHENÆUM. Palgrave.-HISTORY OF NORMANDY AND OF ENGLAND. By Sir FRANCIS PALGRAVE, Deputy Keeper of Her Majesty's Public Records. Completing the History to the Death of William Rufus. Four vols. 8vo. £4 4s. Volume I. General Relations of Medieval Europe-The Carlovingian Empire-The Danish Expeditions in the Gauls—And the Establishment of Rollo. Volume II. The Three First Dukes of Normandy; Rollo, Guillaume Longue-Épée, and Richard Sans-Peur-The Carlovingian line supplanted by the Capets. Volume III. Richard Sans-PeurRichard Le-Bon-Richard III.-Robert Le Diable-William the Conqueror. Volume IV. William Rufus—Accession of Henry Beauclerc. Palgrave (W. G.).—A NARRATIVE OF A YEAR'S JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ARABIA, 1862-3. By WILLIAM GIFFORD PALGRAVE, late of the Eighth Regiment Bombay N. I. Fifth and cheaper Edition. With Maps, Plans, and Portrait of Author, engraved on steel by Jeens. Crown 8vo. 6s. "Considering the extent of our previous ignorance, the amount of his achievements, and the importance of his contributions to our knowledge, we cannot say less of him than was once said of a far greater discoverer. Mr. Palgrave has indeed given a new world to Europe.”—PALL MALL Gazette. 16 GENERAL CATALOGUE. Parkes (Henry).—AUSTRALIAN VIEWS OF ENGLAND. By HENRY PARKES. Crown 8vo. cloth. 35. 6d. the "The following letters were written during a residence in England, in years 1861 and 1862, and were published in the "Sydney Morning Herald" on the arrival of the monthly mails. ... On re-perusal, these letters appear to contain views of English life and impressions of English notabilities which, as the views and impressions of an Englishman on his return to his native country after an absence of twenty years, may not be without interest to the English reader. The writer had opportunities of mixing with different classes of the British people, and of hearing opinions on passing events from opposite standpoints of observation."—AUTHOR'S PREFACE. Prichard.-THE ADMINISTRATION OF INDIA. From In these volumes the author has aimed to supply a full, impartial, and independent account of British India between 1859 and 1868—which is in many respects the most important epoch in the history of that country which the present century has seen. Ralegh. THE LIFE OF SIR WALTER RALEGH, based upon Contemporary Documents. By EDWARD EDWARDS. Together with Ralegh's Letters, now first collected. With Portrait. Two vols. 8vo. 32s. "Mr. Edwards has certainly written the Life of Ralegh from fuller information than any previous biographer. He is intelligent, industrious, sympathetic: and the world has in his two volumes larger means afforded it of knowing Ralegh than it ever possessed before. The new letters and the newly-edited old letters are in themselves a boon."-PALL MALL GAZETTE. Robinson (Crabb).--DIARY, REMINISCENCES, AND CORRESPONDENCE OF HENRY CRABB ROBINSON. Selected and Edited by Dr. SADLER. With Portrait. Second Edition. Three vols. 8vo. cloth. 365. HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, & TRAVELS. 17 Mr. Crabb Robinson's Diary extends over the greater part of threequarters of a century. It contains personal reminiscences of some of the most distinguished characters of that period, including Goethe, Wieland, De Quincey, Wordsworth (with whom Mr. Crabb Robinson was on terms of great intimacy), Madame de Staël, Lafayette, Coleridge, Lamb, Milman, &c. &c.: and includes a vast variety of subjects, political, literary, ecclesiastical, and miscellaneous. Rogers (James E. Thorold).—HISTORICAL GLEANINGS: A Series of Sketches. Montague, Walpole, Adam Smith, Cobbett. By Rev. J. E. T. ROGERS. Crown 8vo. 4s. 6d. Professor Rogers's object in the following sketches is to present a set of historical facts, grouped round a principal figure. The essays are in the form of lectures. HISTORICAL GLEANINGS. A Series of Sketches. J. E. T. ROGERs. Second Series. Crown 8vo. 6s. By Rev. A companion volume to the First Series recently published. It contains papers on Wiklif, Laud, Wilkes, Horne Tooke. In these lectures the author has aimed to state the social facts of the time in which the individual whose history is handled took part in public business. Smith (Professor Goldwin). THREE ENGLISH STATESMEN: PYM, CROMWELL, PITT. A Course of Lectures on the Political History of England. By GOLDWIN SMITH, M.A. Extra fcap. 8vo. New and Cheaper Edition. 5s. "A work which neither historian nor politician can safely afford to neglect."-SATURDAY REVIEW. 66 SYSTEMS OF LAND TENURE IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. A Series of Essays published under the sanction of the COBDEN CLUB. Demy 8vo. Second Edition. 12s. The subjects treated are:-1. Tenure of Land in Ireland; 2. Land Laws of England; 3. Tenure of Land in India; 4. Land System of Belgium and Holland; 5. Agrarian Legislation of Prussia during the Present Century; 6. Land System of France; 7. Russian Agrarian Legislation of 1861; 8. Farm Land and Land Laws of the United States. B 18 GENERAL CATALOGUE. Tacitus.-THE HISTORY OF TACITUS, translated into English. By A. J. CHURCH, M. A. and W. J. BRODRIBB, M. A. At The translators have endeavoured to adhere as closely to the original as was thought consistent with a proper observance of English idiom. the same time it has been their aim to reproduce the precise expressions of the author. This work is characterised by the Spectator as a scholarly and faithful translation." 66 With Maps THE AGRICOLA AND GERMANIA. Translated into English by The translators have sought to produce such a version as may satisfy Taylor (Rev. Isaac).-WORDS AND PLACES; or Etymological Illustrations of History, Etymology, and Geography. "Mr. Taylor has produced a really useful book, and one which stands alone in our language."-SATURDAY REVIEW. Trench (Archbishop).—GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS: Social Aspects of the Thirty Years' War. By R. CHENEVIX TRENCII, "Clear and lucid in style, these lectures will be a treasure to many to whom the subject is unfamiliar."-DUBLIN EVENING MAIL. Trench (Mrs. R.).-Edited by ARCHBISHOP TRENCH. Remains of the late MRS. RICHARD TRENCH. Being Selections from |