In epitomizing this valuable book of reference, Mr. Townsend has endeavoured to give as fair a view of the leading details of Modern History as was possible within the limits. The more interesting portions of the subjects that stand out in bold and full relief on the map of the past have been described at greater length, while less important matters have been abridged, without interrupting the thread of the narrative. Every date has been verified, and the entire work submitted to the most careful revision. In fact, Mr. Townsend’s aim has been to supply what has long been wanting in English literature—a Handbook in which the chief events of Modern History are set forth in a clear, concise, and intelligent form.
All candidates for offices in her Majesty’s Civil Service are examined in “Russell’s Modern Europe.”
Three Editions of Robertson and Prescott’s Charles the Fifth.
PRESCOTT AND ROBERTSON’S HISTORY OF CHARLES the FIFTH, being Robertson’s History of his Reign. With important original additions by W. H. Prescott. New Index, and Steel Portrait. Uniform with the Editions of Mr. Prescott’s other Works published by R. Bentley.
- 1. Library Edition, 2 vols. 8vo, cloth lettered, with a Portrait, price 24s.
- 2. Cabinet Edition, 2 vols. post 8vo, with a Portrait, price 12s.
- 3. The 1 vol. Edition, in crown 8vo, price 5s.
“In this edition Mr. Prescott has given a brilliant sketch and minute account of the latter days of Charles the Fifth.”—Times.
“Robertson’s Charles the Fifth is only a history of that reign, less than three pages being devoted to Charles’s life subsequent to his abdication. Yet this is the most curious and interesting portion of that monarch’s existence. The result of Mr. Prescott’s examination of the Archives of Simancas has been to exhibit, 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.”
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