HISTORICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

ESSAYS.

BY LORD MACAULAY.

WITH A MEMOIR AND INDEX.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

NEW YORK:

SHELDON AND COMPANY.

BOSTON: GOULD AND LINCOLN.

M DCCC LXI,

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY

H. O. HOUGHTON.