HISTORY OF WILLIAM PENN, Founder of Pennsylvania. By W. Hepworth Dixon. A New Library Edition. 1 vol. demy 8vo, with Portrait. 12s.
“Mr. Dixon’s ‘William Penn’ is, perhaps, the best of his books. He has now revised and issued it with the addition of much fresh matter. It is now offered in a sumptuous volume, matching with Mr. Dixon’s recent books, to a new generation of readers, who will thank Mr. Dixon for his interesting and instructive memoir of one of the worthies of England.”—Examiner.
FREE RUSSIA. By W. Hepworth Dixon. Third Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, with Coloured Illustrations. 30s.
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THE SWITZERS. By W. Hepworth Dixon. Third Edition. 1 vol. demy 8vo. 15s.
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MEMOIRS OF GEORGIANA, LADY CHATTERTON; With some Passages from Her Diary. By E. Heneage Dering. 1 vol. demy 8vo. 15s.
Among other persons mentioned in this work are Lords Lansdowne, Brougham, Macaulay, Lytton, Houghton; Messrs. Wilberforce, Wordsworth, Hallam, Rogers, Moore, Sydney Smith, Landor, Lockhart, Fonblanque, Warburton, Harness, Chantrey; Count Montalembert, Dr. Ullathorne, Dr. Newman, Joanna Baillie, Lady Gifford, Lady Cork, Mrs. Somerville, Mrs. Norton, &c.
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