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| TIE HIsToRY OF HENRY THE FIFTH; King of Eng
lana, Lord OF Ireland, and Heir of France. By
George Makepeace Towle, author of "Glimpses Of
history PIP. 4I3. New York: Appleton i Co., 1866.
This is recent addition to our historic literature
brought out in superb STYLE but evincng no extraor
dnary ability in the writer. 1t marks the transition
era during which western Europe was passing from
Feudaiism to Monarchy, and describes the religious
revolutions of that time of which the pnctu saens
was the reformation of Wickliffe.
singular charm invests The career and character
OF Henry the Fifth the second of the Lancaster ine
Rarely has been combined in one monarch such
Rraces of person and disposition with loftiness of
purpose and mental qualities the most varied and
profound. He was truly model king, great in his
life, and honored in his DEATH
A more serene and dignifed close never termina-
ted the life of an earthly Potentate and the nagnii-
cent funeral cortege which followed him to his
klngly tomb was not all pageant. The demonstra-
tons of grief everywhere exhibited by his bereaved
subjects has no parallel in history The following
inscription from the records of the acts of the Prvy
Council of 1922 att ess the estimation in which he
was held.
Departed this Life at the Castle of Bois de Vim
cennes, near Paris the last day of August in the
year 1922 and the tenth of his reign the most Chris
tian Champion of the Church, the Bright Beam of
Wisdom, the Mirror of Justice, the Unconquered
King, the Flower and Pride of all Chivalry Henry the
Fifth King of England. Heir and Regent of France,
and Lord of Ireland"
LITERATURE IN LETTERS; or Manners. Art. Criti-
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by the correspondence of eminent persons Edited
BY James P. HolcOmbe, LID: pp. $50 New
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The accomplished editor furnishes choice mental
repast in the collection of letters embraced in the
volume before US. In department of literature so
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from the earliest enlightened era of the Roman En-
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