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MR. COLBURN'S

LIST OF NEW WORKS.

BURKE'S

HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY;

A GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF THE UNTITLED ARISTOCRACY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND:

A COMPANION TO ALL PEERAGES.

2 vols. royal 8vo. beautifully printed in double columns, 21. 10s. bound.

The Landed Gentry of England are so closely connected with the stirring records of its eventful history, that some acquaintance with them is a matter of necessity with the legislator, the lawyer, the historical student, the speculator in politics, and the curious in topographical and antiquarian lore; and even the very spirit of ordinary curiosity will prompt to a desire to trace the origin and progress of those families whose influence pervades the towns and villages of our land. This work furnishes such a mass of authentic information in regard to all the principal families in the kingdom as has never before been brought together. It relates to the untitled families of rank, as the "Peerage and Baronetage" does to the titled, and forms, in fact, a peerage of the untitled aristocracy. It embraces the whole of the landed interest, and is indispensable to the library of every gentleman.

"A work in which every gentleman will find a domestic interest, as it contains the fullest account of every known family in the United Kingdom. It is a dictionary of all names, families, and their origins,of every man's neighbour and friend, if not of his own relatives and immediate connexions."-Bell's Messenger. a

"A work which contains curious information nowhere else to be found, and to which professional genealogists may refer with advantage."-Quarterly Review.

"A work of this kind is of a national value. Its utility is not merely temporary, but it will exist and be acknowledged as long as the fa milies whose names and genealogies are recorded in it continue to form an integral portion of the English constitution. As a correct record of descent, no family should be without it."-Morning Post.

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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

WALPOLE'S MEMOIRS

OF THE REIGN OF

KING GEORGE THE SECOND;

EDITED, WITH A PREFACE AND NOTES,

BY THE LATE LORD HOLLAND.

Second Edition, Revised, in 3 handsome volumes 8vo, with Portraits, price only 24s. bound (originally published in 4to, at 5l. 5s.).

THE manuscript of these "Memoirs of the Reign of George the Second" was found at Strawberry Hill on the death of Horace Walpole, along with that of the "Memoirs of the Reign of George the Third," lately edited by Sir Denis Le Marchant, in two chests, relative to which the author left written directions that they were not to te opened till a considerable period after his decease. That time having arrived, the seals were removed, and the nobleman to whom the Memoirs had been bequeathed (the Earl of Waldegrave), decided on giving them to the public; and that they might possess every possible advantage, it was arranged that they should appear under the editorial auspices of the late Lord Holland, whose intimate acquaintance with the period illustrated, family connexion with the most celebrated individuals of the time, and distinguished scholarship, appeared to point him out as, above all men, peculiarly fitted for the task of preparing them for the press.

Known as the son of the ablest minister the age produced (Sir Robert Walpole), and having many of his nearest friends and relatives members at different periods either of the government or of the opposition, it is impossible to imagine an individual more favourably circumstanced than Horace Walpole to record the stirring scenes and great events that made the reign of George II. so remarkable. But to these advantages must be added a talent in portraying the characteristics of his contemporaries, and a vivacity in describing the scenes in which they figured so conspicuously, in which he is without a rival. The result is a history which, with the veracity of a chronicle, affords equal entertainment with the most vivacious romance, and though sufficiently attractive in its own merits to all classes of readers, is essential to every library containing any portion of the Walpole Works and Correspondence.

"We are glad to see an octavo edition of this work. The publisher has conferred a boon on the public by the republication."-Britannia.

"Few historical works that have appeared can equal these volumes, either in amusement or instruction.”—Sunday Times.

"Perhaps, without exception, the liveliest piece of historical gossip in any language. It is a valuable contribution to the history and philosophy of human nature."-Daily News.

"A work of greater interest than has been placed before the public for a considerable time. The Memoirs abound in matter which is both useful and amusing. The political portions of the work are of undoubted value and interest, and embody a considerable amount of very curious historical information, hitherto inaccessible even to the most determined and persevering student.”—Morning Post.

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY.

LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND,

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS,

AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS, PRIVATE AS WELL AS PUBLIC.

BY AGNES STRICKLAND.

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DEDICATED BY PERMISSION TO HER MAJESTY. To be completed in 12 vols., embellished with Portraits, and other Illustrations, 10s. 6d. each, bound; either of which may be had separately. Vols. I to XI., are now ready.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

These volumes hare the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history."-Times.

"Miss Strickland has made a very judicious use of many authentic MS. authorities not previously collected, and the result is a most interesting addition to our biographical library.”—Quarterly Review.

"A most valuable and entertaining work. There is certainly no lady of our day who has devoted her pen to so beneficial a purpose as Miss Strickland. Nor is there any other whose works possess a deeper or more enduring interest. Miss Strickland is to our mind the first literary lady of the age."-Chronicle.

"A valuable contribution to historical knowledge. It contains a mass of every kind of historical matter of interest, which industry and research could collect. We have derived much entertainment and instruction from the work."-Athenæum.

"We must pronounce Miss Strickland beyond all comparison the most entertaining historian in the English language. She is certainly a woman of powerful and active mind, as well as of scrupulous justice and honesty of purpose. And, as we before remarked, the considerable number of new documents to which she has had access, and the curious nature of some of these documents, impart to her production a character of which it would be hard to determine whether the utility or the entertainment predominated." -Morning Post.

"This work is written by a lady of considerable learning, indefatigable industry, and careful judgment. All these qualifications for a biographer and an historian she has brought to bear upon the subject of her volumes, and from them has resulted a narrative interesting to all, and more particularly interesting to that portion of the community to whom the more refined researches of literature afford pleasure and instruction. The whole work should be read, and no doubt will be read, by all who are anxious for information. It is a lucid arrangement of facts, derived from authentic sources, exhibiting a combination of industry, learning, judgment, and impartiality, not often met with in biographers of crowned heads."-Times. (Third Notice.)

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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

HISTORY OF

THE CAPTIVITY OF NAPOLEON

AT ST. HELENA.

BY GENERAL COUNT MONTHOLON,

The Emperor's Companion in Exile, and Testamentary Executor, Now first translated and published from the author's original manuscript. 4 vols. 8vo. Vols. III, and IV. may be had separately to complete sets. "General Count Montholon, Napoleon's companion in exile, and testamentary executor, has determined by detailed and honest statements, to bring every thing connected with this important event before the eyes of civilised Europe. We have read his volumes with intense interest and curiosity, and we are eager to acknowledge the general good sense, right feeling, and strong desire for impartiality that have signalised them. They contain innumerable passages of interest, amusement, and information."-Court Journal.

THE ONLY AUTHORISED ENGLISH EDITION.

Now in course of publication, embellished with portraits. The first six volumes may now be had bound in three, price 31s. 6d. M. A. THIERS' HISTORY

OF

THE CONSULATE AND THE EMPIRE

OF FRANCE, UNDER NAPOLEON.

A sequel to his History of the French Revolution. Translated, with the sanction and approval of the Author, by D. FORBES CAMPBELL, Esq.

Having filled at different times, the high offices of Minister of the Interior, of Finance, of Foreign Affairs, and President of the Council, M. Thiers has enjoyed facilities beyond the reach of every other biographer of Napoleon, for procuring, from exclusive and authentic sources, the choicest materials for his present work. As guardian to the archives of the state, he had access to diplomatic papers and other documents of the highest importance, hitherto known only to a privileged few, and the publication of which cannot fail to produce a great sensation. From private sources, M. Thiers, it appears, has also derived much valuable information. Many interesting memoirs, diaries, and letters, all hitherto unpublished, and most of them destined for political reasons to remain so, have been placed at his disposal; while all the leading characters of the empire, who were alive when the author undertook the present history, have supplied him with a mass of incidents and anecdotes, which have never before appeared in print, and the accuracy and value of which may be inferred from the fact of these parties having been themselves eye-witnesses of, or actors in, the great events of the period.

*To prevent disappointment, the public are requested to be particular in giving their orders for "COLBURN'S AUTHORISED EDITION, TRANSLATED BY D. FORBES CAMPBELL."