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ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVENTY-SIX HIGHLY
FINISHED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
First of February, 1834, will be published, uniformly with
the New Editions of Shakepeare, Byron, Scott, &c.,
price 56 bound in cloth,
VOL. I. OF THE
HISTORY OF ENGLAND,
By HUME and SMOLLETT ; with a CONTI-
NUATION from the ACCESSION OF GEORGE 111.
to 1835,
By the Rev. T. S. HUGHES, 8.D.,
rrebeadary of Peterborough, Late Christian Advocate at
Cambridge, Author of Travels in Greece, &c.
London : Printed and Published by A. J. Valpy, M. A.,
and Sold by all Booksellers.
" Histories," says Lord Bacon, " make men wise ;"
i turd in proportion as their minds are influenced by a ria•
tural love of their country, so must they feel a desire to
become familiar with the most authentic accounts of its
:origin, its progress towards civilization, and the circum-
Itslances leading to its present importance in the scale of
nations.
To trace with accuracy the gradual advancement of a
teuntry from primitive barbarism to a state of refinement
in the arts and learning, is the grateful yet arduous task
of the historian ; and that this important task has been
successfully accomplished by the labours of Hume and
4tnnllett, is sufficiently demonstrated by the high character
which their Historical Works have long and deservedly
maintained.
But an interesting and eventful period in the annals of
Britain has elapsed since the age of Smollett, whose vo-
!Oates terminate with the reign of George the Second. It
'S intended therefore to render the present Edition corn.
Plate by a Continuation of the History from the Accession
of George tbe Third to the year 1835 ; and, by adopting
the size and form of the moat popular works of the age, to
Place within the reach of all classes of readers, in a suc-
cession" of Monthly Volumes, a more perfect History of
ngland than any hitherto published.
The additional volumes will thus commence with the
history from the year 1760, and embrace a narrative of
hnportant events more particularly interesting to the pre-
sent generation. The war with America—the memo-
table French Revolution, and the long succession of conti.
Oental wars which involved the destinies of the most
Powerful nations of Europe—the glorious achievements of
British valour by sea and land—the progress of those
niilitary operations which finally led to the peace of
Europe—and the important changes which have occurred
to the foreign and domestic policy of England—demand
!um the pen of the historian a faithful, perspicuous, and
impartial record.
In the arrangement, style, and execution of the Con.
tinuous History, the Author will endeavour to obtain for
148 work the approbation of the public, aware that " the
Purpose of history is truth, and that truth requires no more
than to be fairly, openly, and unaffectedly exhibited."
PLAN OF THE WORK.
The volumes will be printed in small octavo, to corre-
'Pond with the new editions of Byron, Scott, &c., and
handsomely bound in cloth, price ss. each.
The work will be completed in nineteen volumes, and
tothellished with seventy-six highly-finished engravings
I'e steel, selected from the best authorities, comprising
voraraits of the Sovereigns from the Norman Conquest
10 the present time, and a selection of Historical Illustra-
tions from Bowyer's History of England, and from the
Paintings of the most eminent masters.
, The publication will commence on the Ist of February,
984, and be regularly delivered with the Magazines.
Hume's History will form 8 volumes, Smollett's 5, and
,the Continuation 6.—ln the selection of subjects for the
Illustrations, the following may be enumerated :
The Landing of Julius Ceelar—William I. receiving
the crown of England—Departure of Richard I. from
fat
John ratifying Magna Cbarta—Deaths of
eswat Tyler and Earl Douglas—Murder of James I. of
acotland—Marriage of Henry VII., which united the
Houses of York and Lancaster—Trial of the Marriage of
Ilene). VlM—Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham—Mary
queen of Scors reproved by John Knox—Murder of
David Rizzin—Execution of Mary Queen of Scots—Eliza-
oeth at Tilbury Fort—Destruction of the Spanish Armada
„*"-Arrest of Oliver Cromwell—Charles H. in Boscobel
tcorear—Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament—
Charles 11. landing at Dover—Landing of William 111. at
Torbay--Battle of Blenheim—Deaths of General Wolf and
the Earl of Chatham—Siege of Gibraltar—Trial of War-
Hastings—Battles of Trafalgar, Waterloo, &c.
Vol. I. will contain a Portrait of Hume—The Landing
of Julius Ctesar—William I. receiving the Crown of Eng.
'and_and Portraits of William the Conqueror, William
Rufus, Henry 1., Stephen, and Henry 11.