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PRESCOTT'S (W. H.) HISTORICAL

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FERDINAND AND ISABELLA. 2 vols.
CONQUEST OF MEXICO. 2 vols.

CONQUEST OF PERU. 2 vols.

PHILIP THE SECOND." 3 vols.

Also, uniform,

CHARLES THE FIFTH.

tinuation by PRESCOTT.

WORKS.

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BIOGRAPHY.

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BOSWELL'S LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON, with nume

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ELLISTON'S LIFE AND

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ROBERT BURNS and SIR WALTER SCOTT: Two

By the Rev. JAMES WHITE, Author of the "Landmarks of English History," &c. With a Portrait.

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ORD GEORGE BENTINCK: a Political Biography. By the Right Hon. B. DISRAELI, M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.

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XTRAORDINARY MEN: their Boyhood and Early Life. By WILLIAM RUSSELL, Esq. The Sixth Edition, illustrated with 50 Engravings of Portraits, Birthplaces, Incidents, &c. &c.

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ARLBOROUGH'S LIFE. By CHARLES MACFARLANE.

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HE CAVALIERS OF FORTUNE. BY JAMES GRANT, Author of "The Romance of War." With Eight Illustrations by Phiz.

GENERAL CONTENTS-Arthur Count de Lally, Colonel John Cameron, Admiral Sir Samuel Greig, Ulysses Count Brown, Marshal Lacy; Count Lacy, Marshal of the Imperial Armies; Count Lacy, Captain-General of Catalonia; Louis Lacy, Colonel Butler, Marshal Clarke, General Kilmaine, Counts O'Reilly and O'Donnel, Baron Loudon, Count O'Reilly, Count O'Connell, Marshal Macdonald, Thomas Dalyell.

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MEMOIRS OF MONTROSE.

trations.

By JAMES GRANT, Author of "The Romance of War" &c. With numerous Illus

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THE ROYAL PRINCESSES OF ENGLAND, from the Reign of George the First. By Mrs. MATTHEW HALL, Author of "The Queens before the Conquest," "Noble Deeds of Woman," &c. A New Edition, including the Marriage of the Princess Royal. With a Portrait.

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EXMOUTH'S (LORD) LIFE.

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LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. In Four
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WELLINGTON (LIFE OF). By CHAS. MACFARLANE

With a concluding chapter by the late Rev. T. A. BUCKLEY,

and 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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ICHELIEU'S LIFE. By W. ROBSON. With

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HANNING'S (DR.) LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE. Edited by his Nephew, WILLIAM HENRY CHANNING. Edition, with a Portrait.

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