ndulgence of general literary
taste.

It is not intended that this series shall form a periodical, according
to the strict acceptation of that term. Several works are already
published, and others will quickly follow; they will all be uniformly
bound in cloth and lettered. There will be no necessary connection
between the various works, except as regards general appearance, and
each, being complete in itself, may be had separately; nevertheless,
the volumes, distinct, yet uniform in their object, will together form
a valuable library, and may be collected and classified under the
following heads:

I. Popular History.

Under the comprehensive title of History, we purpose giving an
extensive series of interesting and instructive works. Among these
will be carefully-considered narratives of some of those moral
tempests which have so often agitated the world, when men have
continued a long course of disobedience to the laws of God and the
recognised laws of man. We shall make it our business to record the
change of a dynasty, the rise and career of a monarch, a usurper, or a
ruler, whose actions have thrown a new aspect on the political
institutions of a country; we shall trace the rise and progress of
great commercial or manufacturing enterprises, whereby the wealth and
prosperity of a nation have been obviously increased; we shall notice
the train of events whereby the prevalent or established religion of
a country has been changed. These and other subjects of a like
character will enable us to bring up many stores from a mine
peculiarly rich in instructive and entertaining matter.

It is of course impossible, in such a notice as this, to include all
the features of so important a division of our COLLECTIONS IN POPULAR
LITERATURE as History; but some idea may be formed of it from the
following list of works which are nearly ready for publication:

A History of the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte;
its Causes and Consequences. 2_s._ 6_d._

The Lord and his Vassal: a Familiar Exposition of the Feudal
System in the Middle Ages; with its Causes and Consequences.

A History of the French Revolution; its Causes and
Consequences. Newly written for this Collection.

The Ruins of Rome and their Historical Associations;
including an Account of the Modern City and its Inhabitants.

The Private Life, Manners, and Customs of the Ancient
Romans. From the French of