he
Celts westward, and the Rhine forms the boundary between the two
nations. From the Gauls it goes on to the reign of the Franks,
Charlemagne, the Carlovingian race, the history of Normandy, and the
history of France from the first crusade through its lines of monarchies
and its revolutions, to 1848. The style is clear and forcible, and from
the compactness of the work, forming, as it does, a complete chain of
events in a most important part of the history of Europe, it will be
found interesting and valuable for general readers, or as a text-book in
our schools. It is comprised in 444 pages, 12mo., and contains a
chronological index and genealogy of the kings of France.
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received: we however present the names of the following gentlemen, who
have given their recommendations to the Histories:
SIMEON HART, Jr., _Farmington, Conn._
REV. D.R. AUSTIN, _Principal of Monmouth Academy, Monson, Mass._
T.L. WRIGHT, A.M., _Prin. E. Hartford Classical and English School._
REV. N.W. FISKE, A.M., _Professor Amherst College, Mass._
E.S. SNELL, A.M., _Professor Amherst College, Mass._
REV. S. NORTH, _Professor Languages, Hamilton College, N.Y._
W.H. SCRAM, A.M., _Prin. Classical and English Academy, Troy, N.Y._
JAMES F. GOULD, _Principal of Classical School, Baltimore._
A.B. MYERS, _Principal of Whitehall, Academy, New York._
HORACE WEBSTER, _Professor Geneva College, N.Y._
W.C. FOWLER, _Professor Middlebury College, Vermont._
B.S. NOBLE, _Bridgeport, Conn._
REV. S.B. HOWE, _Late President of Dickenson College._
B.F. JOSLIN, _Professor Union College, N.Y._
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