BIOGRAPHY.

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BOSWELL’S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON, with numerous Portraits, Views, and Characteristic Designs, engraved from authentic sources.

“Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets, Shakspeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. Many of the greatest men that have ever lived have written biography. Boswell was one of the smallest men that ever lived, and he has beaten them all. His was talent, and uncommon talent, and to Jemmy Boswell we indeed owe many hours of supreme delight.”—Macaulay.

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THE LIFE, PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC, OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE. By Peter Burke, Esq. (of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit). Profusely illustrated with Portraits, Scenes of Events, and Landscape Views, relating to the great Orator and the other noted persons of his time and career.

“This volume attempts to relate the biography of Edmund Burke as a private person and a public character in an easily intelligible shape. The author’s aim has been to furnish a plain and popular biography, in which he trusts he has succeeded.”

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ELLISTON’S LIFE and ENTERPRISES. By George Raymond. Illustrated with Portrait and Engravings on steel, from designs by Phiz, Cruikshank, &c.

“This is a very entertaining memoir of one of the most gentlemanly, accomplished, and versatile actors who adorned the English stage. The life of R. W. Elliston, unlike that of the majority of his professional brethren, affords ample materials for a readable book, and this volume presents indubitable testimony in proof of that fact.”—Morning Post.

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EXTRAORDINARY MEN: their Boyhood and Early Youth. By William Russell, Esq. The Sixth Edition, illustrated with 50 Engravings of Portraits, Birthplaces, Incidents, &c. &c.

“What a title to interest the youth of this nation! It teaches in every page lessons of prudence, frugality, industry, and perseverance; and how difficulties, moral and physical, have been successfully overcome.”

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EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN: their Girlhood and Early Years. By William Russell, Esq. Illustrated with numerous Engravings designed and executed by Messrs. Dalziel.

This volume contains the lives of the Empress Josephine, Christina Queen of Sweden, Catherine Empress of Russia, Mrs. Fry, Madame Roland, Mrs. Hutchinson, Isabella of Castile, Marie Antoinette, Lady Stanhope, Madame de Genlis, Mrs. Opie, &c. &c.

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EXMOUTH’S (LORD) LIFE. BY Edward Osler.

“It is the wisdom of those to whom England will hereafter commit the honour of her flag, to study well the examples of the great sea officers whose services illustrate the annals of their country. Among these bright examples, none is more worthy of careful study than Admiral Lord Exmouth. We therefore hail with pleasure the cheap edition of this great and good sailor.”

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MARLBOROUGH’S LIFE. By Charles MacFarlane. With Two Illustrations.

“This is an excellent life of the great General for young readers, and for those who have not time to make themselves acquainted with the larger works on the subject.”—Atlas.

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THE GREAT COMMANDERS OF ALL NATIONS. By G. P. R. James. A new revised Edition, comprising the Lives of Henry the Fifth, Turenne, the Great Condé, Marlboro’, Peterboro’, General Wolfe, Cromwell, Duke of Alva, Gonzalvo de Cordova, &c., &c., with Eight Illustrations.

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THE BUCCANEERS (HISTORY OF); or, The Monarchs of the Spanish Main. By Walter Thornbury. With Eight Illustrations by Phiz.

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WELLINGTON (LIFE OF). By Chas. MacFarlane. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

“The times in which we live seem to call for an animated revival of our military prowess, and of the science, skill, valour, and achievements of our fathers, as well on the battle-field as on the ocean.”

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GRIMALDI’S LIFE. Edited by Charles Dickens, and Illustrated by George Cruikshank.

“The editor has made such alterations in the original manuscript as he conceived would improve the narration of the facts, without any departure from the facts themselves.”—Introductory Chapter.

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CRANMER’S LIFE. By John Strype, M.A., being Memorials of the Most Reverend Father in God, Thomas Cranmer, some time Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. A New Edition, by Philip E. Barnes, Esq., B.A., F.L.S., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

The works of Strype hold a place amongst the very best authorities, as forming a most valuable portion of the history of the reformation of religion in this country, no less than as of standard excellence, inasmuch as the narratives of the most interesting events in the annals of our country were based by this truly Protestant author upon documentary evidence, and drawn from original MSS., the greater part of which are still extant.

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NELSON’S LIFE. By Joseph Allen, Author of “Battles of the British Navy.” With a Portrait of Nelson.

“To Mr. Allen we owe the inexpressible advantage of being able to read Nelson’s biography unencumbered by idle speculations, denuded of the tedious detail, and yet sufficiently nautical to give an appropriate colouring to the exciting and glorious narrative.”—United Service Gazette.

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RICHELIEU’S LIFE. By W. Robson. With Illustrations.

“The reader will find much pleasure and profit in perusing Mr. Robson’s very able and intelligent biography.”—Observer.

“The student will find the events of Richelieu’s life reflected as in a mirror.”—Liverpool Albion.

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CHANNING’S (Dr.) LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by his Nephew, William Henry Channing. A New Edition, with a Portrait.

“His nephew has compiled his biography with singular judgment. He has followed the method of Lockhart in his Life of Scott. As far as possible, the narrative is woven with letters and diaries: the subject speaks for himself, and only such intermediate observations of the editor are given as are necessary to form a connected whole.”

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JULIUS CÆSAR (LIFE OF). By the Ven. John Williams, Archdeacon of Cardigan, Author of “Life of Alexander.” Printed on superfine paper, with Four Illustrations.

“In writing this Life of Julius Cæsar, it has been the aim of the author to give as truthful a view of the thoughts, words, and deeds of this ‘foremost man of all the world,’ as well as the chief characters of his opponents and supporters; thus rendering it, as it were, a biography of the celebrated characters who lived in Cæsar’s time.”

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