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mmend this work to our readers as one of the most interesting of Religious History that we have met with after Merle d'Aubigne's 'Reformation;' and perhaps, to the reading public generally, more interesting and more novel than even that very popular work."--_Atlas._ In 1 vol. royal 8vo, price =6=s. =6=d. cloth extra. HISTORY OF THE POPES. By LEOPOLD RANKE. Including their Church and State, the Re-organization of the Inquisition, the Rise, Progress, and Consolidation of the Jesuits, and the means taken to effect the Counter-reformation in Germany, to revive Romanism in France, and to suppress Protestant Principles in the South of Europe. Translated from the last edition of the German by WALTER K. KELLY, of Trinity College, Dublin. "This translation of Ranke we consider to be very superior to any other in the English language."--_Dublin Review._ In small post 8vo, price =5=s. cloth extra. EMBASSIES AND FOREIGN COURTS. A History of Diplomacy. By THE ROVING ENGLISHMAN. The Second Edition. "The 'Roving Englishman' is a satirical chronicler. His style is not less lively than severe--not subtle enough for irony, but caustic, free, and full of earnest meaning. This volume is also an admirable manual, skilfully adapted to the purpose of diffusing a general knowledge of history and the working of diplomacy."--_The Athenaeum._ In small post 8vo, price =5=s. cloth extra, gilt. PICTURES FROM THE BATTLE FIELDS. By THE ROVING ENGLISHMAN. The Third Edition, with Illustrations from Sketches taken on the spot, and Chapters respecting-- Scutari and its Hospitals. Miss Nightingale. Balaklava. A Snow Storm. The Commissariat again. A Camp Dinner. The Heights before Sebastopol. The Bashi-Bazouk. Russian Officers and Soldiers. The French Officer. The Zouave. "Who is unfamiliar with those brilliant little sketches of travel--particularly the pictures of Turkish life and manners--from the pen of the 'Roving Englishman,' that were, week after week, the very tit-bits of 'Household Words?'--Who did not hail their collection into a companionable-sized volume?--and who will not thank our truly 'fast' friend--the friend of almost everything and everybody but foreign noodles--the 'Roving Englishman,' for this new book of sketches?" In fcap. 8vo, price =1=s. =8=d. strongly bound, or in cloth gilt, =2=s., or with the Questions and Coloured Map, red sheep, =3=s. LANDMARKS OF THE HISTORY OF ENG
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