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it, under a very different aspect, the monastic life of Charles, from that in which it has hitherto been written, and to give great completeness to the original work of Robertson." Each in 2 vols. boards, =4=s.; or in cloth, =5=s. PRESCOTT'S (W. H.) HISTORICAL WORKS. Cheap Complete Edition. Viz.: FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. 2 vols. CONQUEST OF MEXICO. 2 vols. CONQUEST OF PERU. 2 vols. PHILIP THE SECOND. 2 vols. Also, uniform, CHARLES THE FIFTH. 2 vols. By ROBERTSON, with a continuation by PRESCOTT. [asterism] _This issue of Mr. Prescott's Historical Works is the only cheap one that contains, without the slightest abridgment, all the Notes of the original octavo American editions, with full Indexes._ "To Mr. Prescott belongs the rare distinction of uniting solid merit with extensive popularity. He has been exalted to the first class of Historians--both by the popular voice and the suffrages of the learned. His fame, also, is not merely local, or even national--it is as great in London, Paris, and Berlin, as at Boston or New York. His works have been translated into Spanish, German, French, and Italian; and, into whatever region they have penetrated, they have met a cordial welcome, and done much to raise the character of American letters and scholarship."--_Whipple's Essay._ "Prescott's Works in point of style rank with the ablest English historians, and paragraphs may be found in which the grace and elegance of Addison are combined with Robertson's cadence and Gibson's brilliancy."--_Athenaeum._ Price =2=s. boards, or =2=s. =6=d. cloth. PRESCOTT'S ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL.--Comprising: C. B. Brown, the Novelist. Irving's Conquest of Granada. Cervantes. Sir Walter Scott. Chateaubriand's Eastern Literature. Bancroft's United States. Moliere. Italian Narrative Poetry. Scottish Song. Poetry and Romance of the Italians. In 2 vols. fcap. 8vo, boards, =4=s.; or in cloth, =5=s. BANCROFT'S HISTORY OF AMERICA. The Colonization and its Results. With Index. [asterism] This standard Work has, in the five volumes, more than 6000 references to the best Historical Works and Manuscripts in existence. It takes its stand in literature by the side of Alison's "Europe," and Macaulay's "England." Its style is lofty and eloquent, written with candour, neither exaggerating vices of character, nor reviving national animosities, but rendering a just tribute to virtue, wherever found.
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