THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. By W. E. H. Lecky, author of "History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe," etc. Volumes III and IV, extending from the accession of George III to 1784, the opening year of Pitt's first ministry, and covering the period of the American Revolution. Published by arrangement with the author. Large 12mo. Uniform with Vols. I and II, of which new editions are now ready. The 4 vols., cloth, $2.25 each.
"This section of the work covers the first twenty-two years of the reign of George III, a period which, in its bearing on constitutional, political, and social problems, was the most pregnant in the modern history of Great Britain. It was during these momentous years that the relation of the Crown to a Ministry representing the House of Commons was definitely fixed, that the necessity of parliamentary reform and the expediency of abolishing Catholic disabilities were distinctly recognized, and that the influence of the newspaper press acquired unprecedented weight among political agencies, and called for new guarantees of freedom by changes in the law of libel. This was the period of Burke's most potent and exemplary activity, of the Middlesex election in which Wilkes played a part analogous to that taken by Bradlaugh in our own day, of the ministries of Bute, Grenville, Rockingham, Chatham, Shelburne, and the younger Pitt.
"At home and abroad this quarter of a century was memorable for conquests and revolutions. The affairs of the East India Company were administered by Clive, and the vast accessions of territory in Bengal were supplemented by those resulting from the war with Hyder Ali. In America the discontent of the thirteen colonies had ripened into open revolt, and all the phases of the contest are exhibited in these volumes, up to the last year of exhaustion and inaction which preceded the final peace. Simultaneous with this movement on the other side of the Atlantic was the growth of political discontent in Ireland, which culminated in the demand for legislative independence. All of these topics are carefully discussed by Mr. Lecky, and the spirit which he evinces is so candid and impartial that his conclusions will be listened to with attention and respect, even where they run counter to the reader's individual opinions and predilections."—New York Sun.
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ERRORS IN THE USE OF ENGLISH. By the late William B. Hodgson, LL. D., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Edinburgh. American revised edition. 12mo, cloth, $1.50.
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DEMOSTHENES. By S. H. Butcher, Fellow of University College, Oxford. Sixth volume of "Classical Writers," edited by Professor J. R. Green. 16mo, cloth, 60 cents.
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A GEOGRAPHICAL READER, compiled and edited by James Johonnot, author of "Principles and Practice of Teaching," etc. With Illustrations. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
This volume has been compiled to furnish thought-reading to pupils while engaged upon the study of geography. It consists of selections from the works of well-known travelers and writers upon geography.
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THE MODERN STENOGRAPHER: A Complete System of Light-line Phonography, being a Plain and Practical Method of acquiring a Perfect Knowledge of the Principles of the best Phonetic Short-hand. By George H. Thornton, President of the New York State Stenographers' Association. 12mo, cloth, $1.25.
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