The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

NEW WORK by G. A. ii BECKETT & JOHN LEECH

Now published, price One Shilling, No. IV. of
THE
COMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND.
BY GILBERT ABBOTT ►BECKETT.
WITil ♦ COLOCIED FACHINO or STEIL AND XVllllota 'Lawns-
sloes IT JOILN LEECH.

In announcing a Coolie History of F.nattand it may be Woman' to
observe that the levity implied in the title will relate to the manner,
but by 11.1 means to the matter of the wort, which will be ce/leeted
with the gravest regard to the truth and accuracy that the subject
requires. The aim of the writer will be to present a faithful narative,
for which the beet authorities will be the mcat carefullyeansulted, and
to serve it up to the reader in a more palatable form than ham hitherto
been thought compatible with the dignity of history. There is not
the smallest intention to sacrifice fidelity to fun in the forthcoming
production, which is designed to show that the utile et dul--are not
inamcsrable. The a vantages of blending emiusement with instruc-
tion are universally allowed ; and there is an end to the once favourite
fallacy that food for the mind roquiree the uninviting flavour of physic.
The COMIC I IlrirOlt Y of ENGLAND will not be a mere abridgment
of any other work, nor will it follow servilely in the stela of any former
hi avian. The author does not aspire to walk In the gigintic cheep of
Hume, the easy clippers of Smollett, the goloshes of Goldsmith, or the
pump. of Pinnoek. In literature the shoes of another are too apt to
pre - • rloge to the party attempting to make his way ui a chauasure
for which be was never fitted. The Comic History of England will,
therefore, be an entirely original corn:lc/kitten, the materials for which
well he derived from a consultation of all heat histories already in
existence, whose accuracy will be tested by direct reference to the
most undoubted authorities.
The chief purpose of this preliminary announcement le to guard
the public against any misconception of the intended character of the
work on account of its title. A narrative may, it is hoped, be correct
as well as comic; for, as "truth is stranger th in fiction," history is
sometimes much more ludicrous than the fancies of the humorist.
The purpose of the work being esti:alma. it remains only to
announce the form of publita!ioo. It will appear in Monthly Parts,
price One Shilling each. handsomely printed in gym, and copiously
illustrated by Jolts Leven, with One large Et,hing and from Six
to Twelve Wood Engravings.
The COMIC lILSIORY of ENGLANDII comprise from Twelve
to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularlywith the menthly maga-
zines until its completion.

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PUNCH'S LETTERS to his SON. Corrected and Edited
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THE STORY of a FEATHER. ratedIllu by LEECH.
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MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES, as suffered
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Price One Shilling.
TIME WORKS WONDERS. A Comedy in Fie • Acts,
as performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. The s'll Edition.
Price One Shilling.
BUBBLES of the DAY. A Comedy in Five Acts, as per-
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