Ellustrated with seventy-six highly-finished Engravings.

First of February, 1834, will be published, uniformly with the new Editions of BYRON, SCOTT, &c. Price 5s. bound in cloth,

VOL. I. OF THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND,

BY

HUME AND SMOLLETT;

WITH

A CONTINUATION

FROM THE ACCESSION OF GEORGE III. TO 1835,

BY THE

REV. T. S. HUGHES, B. D.

PREBENDARY OF PETERBOROUGH, LATE CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE AT CAMBRIDGE, AUTHOR OF TRAVELS IN GREECE, &c.

LONDON: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY A. J. VALPY, M.A.

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

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"HISTORIES," says Lord Bacon, "make men wise;" and in proportion as their minds are influenced by a natural love of their country, so must they feel a desire to become familiar with the most authentic accounts of its origin, its progress toward civilisation, and the circumstances lead

ing to its present importance in the scale of nations.

To trace with accuracy the gradual advancement of a country from primitive barbarism to a state of refinement in the arts and learning, is the grateful yet arduous task of the historian; and that this important task has been successfully accomplished by the labors of HUME and SMOLLETT, is sufficiently demonstrated by the high character which their Historical Works have long and deservedly maintained.

But an interesting and eventful period in the annals of Britain has elapsed since the age of Smollett, whose volumes terminate with the reign of George the Second. It is intended therefore to render the present edition complete by a

CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY

from the accession of George the Third to the year 1835; and, by adopting the size and form of the most popular works of the age, to place within the reach of all classes of readers, in a succession of Monthly Volumes, a more perfect History of England than any hitherto published.

The additional volumes will commence with the History from the year 1760, and embrace a narrative of important events more particularly interesting to the present generation. The war

with America-the memorable French Revolution, and the long succession of continental wars which involved the destinies of the most powerful nations -the glorious achievements of British valor by sea and land-the progress of those military operations which finally led to the peace of Europeand the important changes which have occurred in the foreign and domestic policy of England— demand from the pen of the historian a faithful, perspicuous, and impartial record.

In the arrangement, style, and execution of the Continuous History, the Author will endeavor to obtain for his work the approbation of the public, aware that "the purpose of history is truth, and that truth requires no more than to be fairly, openly, and unaffectedly exhibited.”

The Indexes to Hume and Smollett will be incorporated with that of the Continuation, and given in the last volume.

PLAN OF THE WORK.

The volumes will be printed in small octavo, to correspond with the new editions of Shakspeare, Byron, Scott, &c. and handsomely bound in cloth, price 5s. each.

The work will be completed in nineteen volumes, and embellished with SEVENTY-SIX HIGHLY-FINISHED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL, selected from the best authorities, comprising Portraits of the Sovereigns of England from the Norman Conquest to the present time, and a selection of Historical Illustrations from Bowyer's History of England, and from the paintings of

the most eminent masters, commemorative of important events in English History.

Each volume will contain a Frontispiece and Vignette illustrative of the History, with Portraits of the reigning Sovereigns, according to the costume of the different ages.

The publication will commence on the 1st of February, 1834, and be regularly delivered monthly with the Magazines. Hume's History will form eight volumes, Smollett's five, and the remaining six the Continuation.-In the selection of subjects for the Historical Illustrations, the following may be enumerated :

The Landing of Julius Cæsar.

William I. receiving

crown of England.

the

Murder of David Rizzio.
Execution of Mary Queen of
Scots.

Departure of Richard I. from Elizabeth at Tilbury Fort.

Cyprus.

King John ratifying Magna
Charta.

Death of Wat Tyler.
Death of Earl Douglas.
Murder of James I. of Scot-
land.

Marriage of Henry VII.,
which united the Houses of
York and Lancaster.

Destruction of the Spanish

Armada.

Arrest of Oliver Cromwell.
Charles II.in Boscobel Forest.
Cromwell dissolving the Long
Parliament.

Charles II. landing at Dover.
Landing of William III. at
Torbay.

Battle of Blenheim.

Trial of the Marriage of Death of General Wolfe.

Henry VIII.

Death of the Earl of Chatham.

Trial of Warren Hastings.

Lady Jane Grey and Roger Siege of Gibraltar.

Ascham.

Mary Queen of Scots reproved Battle of Trafalgar. by John Knox.

Battle of Waterloo, &c. &c.

Vol. I. will contain a Portrait of Hume-The Landing of Julius Cæsar-William I. receiving the crown of England— and Portraits of William the Conqueror, William Rufus, Henry the First, Stephen, and Henry the Second.