The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-24 00:00:00

NEW WORK by.B._A. i BF.CKETT & JOHN LEECH
Now pubnahW, price One Shilling, No. IV. of
THE
COMIC HISTORY of ENGLAND.
BY GILIMIRT ABBOTT i szacurr.
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Fearer-res.
In announcing a Comic History of England It may be nemmary te
observe that the levity implied in the title will relate to the manner,
but by no wain to the matter of the work, which will be collected
with the gravest regard to the troth and accuracy that the subject
esquires. The aim of the writer will be to present a faithful naratim,
for which the best authorities will be the moat carefully consulted, and
to serve it up to the reader in a more palatable form than has hitherto
been thought compatible with the dignity of history. There is not
the mealiest intention to sacrifice fidelity to fun in the forthcoming
production, whcti is designed to show that the utile et dui— are not
Inseparable. The advantages of blending amusement with insuuc-
tion are universally allowed ; and there la an end to the once favourite
Balmy that food for the mind requiem the uninviting Savour of
B The COM • HISTORY of ENGLAND will sot 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 i
Name, the easy slippers of Smelled, the gokehes of Lioltismith, or the
pampa of Pintwelc In literature the shoes of another are too apt to
pre - • Tlogs to the party attempting te make his way in a chaursure
for which he was never fitted. The Comte History of England will,
therefore, be an entirely original composition, the materials for which
well be derived from a consultation of all :La best histories already in
existence, whose accuracy will be tested by direct reference to the
roost undoubted authorities.
The cilia purpose of this preliminary announcement is to guard
the public against any misconception of the intended character of the
work on anoint of its title. A narrative may. It is hoped, be correct
m well as comic; for, as "truth is stranger than fiction," history is
sometimes touch more ludicrous than the fancies of the humorist.
The purpose of the work being explained, it remains only to
announce the form of publication. It win appear in Monthly !arts,
price One Shilling each, handsomely printed in Bvo., and copiously
illustrated by Jowl Lewes, with One large Etching and from Six
o Twelve Wood Engravings.
The COMIC utiroay of ENGLAND will cOlunfi`o from Twelve
o Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with the monthly maga.
dam until its completion.
Published at the Punch Ofiloe, 85, Fleet-street.

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