The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-15 00:00:00

Publicationo.

SIR. LEIGH litsrs NEW WORK.
This day IA puldi,hed, In pat Pro. price 9n. boards, or 10s.
elegantly bound in cloth, uniform with "Imagination and Ftiney,:'
/NT T
I and HUMOUR. Selected from the English
Poeta: with an Mustratim Essay and Critical Comments. By
LEIGH Hunt.
Landon: Smith, Elder and Co.. GS, Cornhill.
Of whom may be had, " IMAGINATION AND FANCT," by
Limn lItN r. Third edition, 9a. boardc, or 10s. ed. cloth elegant.

SIR FRANCIS READ'S NEW WORK.
Point Sco,
THE EMIGRANT will be published in a Few
Mr. John Murray, Albemarle-erect.

THE MUSIC BOOK ; New Weekly Periodical of
Original Music, No. 111., on Satunlay next. New Sone by
Tou.e, " A SONG FOR THE SEASONS," price Gd. Printed from
engrared plates, on paper the usual music eiZe.
No. I.—" SING, MAIDEN, SING," Music by It st.rr, Words by
Biala Coos test..
No. II.—" THE /ALSE FRIEND," Music by Ws r.t.scr, Words
by T. Hoot,.
Otßee, I, M. /Irldeseirertne, Firet.etreet, wbeeepeceretween raw
be bad; and sold by all booksellers and newsmen.

QONG FOR THE SEASONS; New Song by
TCLLT, Words by BARRY CORNWALL, price 6d_, being No. 111.
of " The Music-!look. Printed from engraved plates, on paper tho
usual music size.
No. I.—"SING, MAIDEN, SING," Music by Hams, Wont+ by
BARRY Cnosw ate,.
No. 11.—" THE FALSE FRIEND," Music by Wam.ter, Worth
by T. Moon.
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NEW WORK by G. A. a BECKETT & JOHN LEECH.

Now published, pric'THE e One Shilling, No. IY. of
COMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND.
BY GILBERT ABBOTT b BECKETT.
Won A MOUSED Err UINO ON RTYtt. AND NVXSIOCSILLVVYRA.
TIMIS SY .101 IN LEECH.
Paosearn-s.
In announcing a Comic History of England It maybe necessary to
observe that the levity implied in the title will relate to the manner,
bat by no memo to the matter of the work, which will be collected
with the gravest regard to the truth and accuracy that the subject
require.. The aim of the writer will be to present a faithful narative,
for which the best authorities will be the most carefully consulted, and
to serve it up to the reader in a more palatable form than has hitherto
teen thought compatible with the dignity of history. There is not
the smallest intention to sacrifice fidelity to fan in the forthcoming
productiiot, which is designed to show that the utile et dul—are not
',menorah', The advantages of blending amusement with Instruc-
tion are universally allowed ; and there is an end to the once favourite
fallacy that foal for the mind requires the uninviting flavour of physic.
The (MIMIC II IsTORY of ENG L.tN D will not be a mere abridgment
of any other work, nor will it follow servilely in the steps of any former
historian. The author does not aspire to walk in the gigantic shoes of
Hume, the easy slippers of Smartt, the goloshes of Goldsmith, or the
pumps of Pinmxli In literature the shoes of another are too apt to
prove clog. to the party attempting to make his way in a chawaure
for which he was never fitted. The Comic History of England will,
therefore, be an entirely original composition, the materials for which
well he derived from a consultation of all the best histories already in
existence, whose accuracy will be tested by direct reference to the
mcet undoubted authorities.
The chief purpose of this preliminary announcement is to guard
the public aihunvt 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 arranger than fiction," history is
eemettenes moth mare ludicrous than the fancies of the humorist.
. The purpeee of the work being explained. it remains only to
announce the form of publication. It wdt sppa. r in Monthly Parts.
price One Shilling cash, handsomely printed in Bvo., and copiously
illustrated by Bum Lyme, with One large Etching and from Six
to Twelve Wood Engravings.
The COMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND will comprise from Twelve
to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with the monthly magas
Woes until lie completion.