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THE. HISTORY. OF rHs UNITED NErHtK.
ThE TAEEss kS2 SQ 20 fHh TnE ssysNAIH 30 MIl',ssl
full View ofthe Sngii.h D. toh str1gcie assihsf
" air, and Of tue o. -igin aud Destrnction OF tbe
81. d d y 40. Two voi9meSh i9pShs sro no1,sT, ny,
Y9Tk. Harper & Brothers. 6inoinsaii RioGey ciSy
BY the publication Of bis Grst historioul work,
Ihe History QfAe Dutch RepHbic, the author SfthosS
volumes took rank at once among tie first Of modern
historical writers. With histerio style at once
elegant ard erephio, capable without distortion to
meet Ni dramatic exigencies which his subject msy
PRESENT. oepacl'y Tor generalization aud elimins-
tion which few have exceeded, and an industry In
the search for and examio Of hitherto unknown
sources Of Information equal te any Of his eotempo
rartest Mr.. Motley has produced a work which has
not only in its native, but In other lands fully mst
the requirements Of the most critical, and been re-
ceved by all Glasses of readers with elings of pleas
ure and APPRECIATION.
The present work is a continuation of n ssr;e, ~
which the Ha'ory of he Dutch PepsJlie was tbs
first installmeut. 1t commences Immediately after,
tic death II Willism tho Silent, who had risen 70
be the virtual head Of the Commonwealth Of the
Netherlands, at the instigation Of Philip the Second
Of Spain, in 1884, and extends to 1890 But although
the period Of time covered is short it is one that is
full Of remarkable events. II shows the gradual
consolidation of tho Flemish provinces into Rna-
uonal polity, through feelings of mutual depend-
ence ana brotherhood-the growth OF times Of peril
and suffering almost unparalleled; their reeoepi-
ton as power by the other nations Of the Conti-
nent, and the adaptation Of Continental politics to
this new clement and condition. 1t, therefore in
cludes the political history Of the other powers for
the same period; gives sketches Of their princes
generals and politicians and their respective lines
OF policy and peroDal ambitions shews the gradual
growth of England as naval power, and gives a
graphic account of the rise and destruction of tha
Armada, a naval preparation for the time so vast
and unprecedented, that If its existence were not
authenticated beyond the power Of cavil it would
be looked upon as belonging to ;he fabulous Gre
stions of Eastern roman GERS. Authentic through
out, 1t s at once, by the genius of its author en-.
dowed with the charms of drama and romance and
IN reading it, we fully recognize the force of the
proverb, that Truth is stranger than Hoti.n."
THE HALF. YEARLY ABSTRACT OF MEDr-
CAL SCIENCES. Edited by ]. RANKIse M d
physi ian to the Norfolk aud Norwich Hospital,
Royal College of Physicians, London No Al
July to De cember, lS6n.- -Philadelphia Blankinson
Cincinnati Hickey & Carroll.
This is pamphlet of 500 pages, containing a
practical and analytical digest Of the contents Of
the principal British, American aud Continental
medical works published during the preceding sir
months, with critical remarks on the progress OF
medicine and the collateral sciences during the
san period. The multiplication Of medical litera-
ture, periodical and in books, has rendered these
periodical abstracts matter of necessity to the
medical profession, and they have been accepted as
such. They serve to keep the practitioner aware of
all the Important improvements discoveries and ex
periments in practical medicine, and thus enable
him, at small expense of time, to keep up with tho
current progress. They c ntain, also, much that Is
10 the general reader.