NEW AND POPULAR WORKS

PUBLISHED BY A. J. VALPY, M.A.

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

FROM THE REIGN OF GEORGE II. TO 1835,

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

Prebendary of Peterborough, late Christian Advocate at Cambridge, Author of Travels in Greece,' &c.

Being the Fifteenth Volume of Valpy's only complete and uniform edition, now publishing monthly, at 5s. each, Ellustrated with seventy-six highly-finished Engravings.

Vols. I. to VIII. contain HUME, IX. to XIII. SMOLLETT, and Vols. XIV. to XIX. will contain MR. HUGHES' Continuation to the present time. Either portion can be had separately.

The Historical Works of HUME and SMOLLETT are now submitted to the public on the plan of the popular editions of SHAKSPEARE, BYRON, and SCOTT; and it is the object of the Publisher to place within the reach of all classes of readers, in a succession of monthly volumes, a more complete and acceptable HISTORY OF ENGLAND than any extant.

The additional volumes, including a narrative of important events more particularly interesting to the present generation, commence with the Accession of George the Third, and will be continued to the year 1835.

In the first volume of the Continuation is given an Introductory Essay on the Political System of Europe, and its connexion with the Government of Great Britain.'

The work will be completed in nineteen volumes, and em

bellished with SEVENTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL, comprising a selection of historical illustrations from Bowyer's History of England, and from paintings by the most eminent masters, with portraits of all the sovereigns from the Norman Conquest, according to the costume of the different ages.

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

The Thirty-Six Portraits of the Sovereigns may be had separately from the Work for £1. 10s., or any single Portrait for 1s. 6d.

OPINIONS ON THE CONTINUATION.

'Mr. Hughes's undertaking was one of no mean difficulty: he has, however, executed his task in a way equally honorable to his understanding and his industry, and the result is an impartial and critical history of one of the most important epochs of ancient or modern times. We have been much pleased with the Preliminary Essay. It is able and discriminative, and is a very clear and elaborate, though concise, account of the rise and progress of the present European States' system; and also of the home, colonial, commercial, and military policy of its different kingdoms. It forms an excellent and well-conceived introduction to the body of the work, which thus becomes, in itself, the medium for conveying a general view of Anglo-European history to the commencement of the reign of George III. The characters of the distinguished individuals who have played their parts' during the last half century, are, as far as we can judge from the volume before us, impartially and vigorously drawn; freed, in many instances, from that party-spirit which has hitherto hidden their true lineaments. The remarks on the science of government, and on the state of parties, are judicious and lucid; and, on the whole, we may congratulate ourselves on having a history of the times to which it relates, and worthy also of the works of which it is a continuation.'-Monthly Magazine.

The first volume, as a specimen of typography, is excellent : it is in size portable, without being too small, and of a price. hich will render it attainable by all classes of readers. The reliminary Essay is most useful as an introduction to a perfect mprehension of what is to follow it is written in a tone of partiality and fairness as to statements and deductions, and ith elegance and condensation as to style. The work, to those ho have neither time, taste, nor opportunity, for consulting more bulky historians, will prove a source of entertainment and instruction.'-The Times.

The author appears moderate and impartial as regards opinions: he seems to have sought after his facts and information with pains-taking industry, and to have combined his materials with sufficient skill; whilst his narrative carries us smoothly and quietly along, without excitement, without weariness.'Spectator.

'Mr. Hughes is a temperate, and, so far as we have been enabled to judge, an accurate historian: his History is just what such a history should be-clear, nervous, and singularly faithful in its details.'-Sun.

'Of this Continuation we are bound to speak in terms of high approbation.'-John Bull.

The literary style of the Continuation is not unworthy of the celebrated men who have preceded the author in his labors; and as far as we have yet examined, we find a strict impartiality preserved in judging of characters and events.'-Kent Herald.

A spirit of impartiality with respect to political opinions, candour and honesty in the statement of historical facts, and an earnest desire to throw every light on his subject which diligent research and patient investigation could afford, seem to be the leading characteristics of this work. Prefixed to the volume is a very copious dissertation on the then state of Europe, affording convincing proof of the deep and habitual attention which the author has paid to his subject.'-Liverpool Courier.

'Mr. Hughes has formed his style on the best historical models. It is nervous, concise, and perspicuous. It is far from being devoid of ornament; while the events are treated with candor and impartiality, and no attempt is made to conceal the causes that produced them, or the consequences that followed from them. The spirit in which the narrative is conceived is liberal, but not more so than what might have been expected-nor more, perhaps, than a faithful picture of the times required. The first volume may be considered, what it professes to be, a just and proper continuation of the history of our country, as we have it from the pens of our best and most approved historians, Hume and Smollett.'-Stirling Journal.

This work, one of the most valuable publications in modern times, embraces a period immortalised by the developement of the splendid talents of lord Chatham, and remarkable for the commencement of that unconstitutional policy which led to the separation of the North American Colonies from the mother country. This portion of the history is preceded by a Preliminary Essay, which is a masterly sketch of the position of affairs, foreign and domestic; and in which is reviewed with impartial fidelity the state of the whig and tory parties, their objects and views, at the time, and antecedent to that change in the succession, which secured the throne of Britain to a protestant dynasty.'-Cambrian.

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CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

As far as this volume extends, Mr. Hughes has amply fulfilled his excellent design. The style is easy, without being deficient in dignity; the political tone is in accordance with the best principles of government; and the most patient labor and research have been used to render the Continuation worthy of the two great historians with whose works it is connected. Its great cheapness we have frequently praised.'-Hampshire Advertiser.

'Mr. Hughes possesses the essential qualifications of impartiality and independence of judgment; and should he fulfil the promise of the first volume, his Continuation of Hume's and Smollett's Histories will permanently take its place beside these standard works, which deservedly hold a very high place in public esteem.'-Aberdeen Herald.

'The style of the historian is lucid, nervous, and descriptive; the notes are interesting; and the general tone of the narrative that of an impartial and able recorder and commentator. The book gives ample promise that the Continuation will be worthy of the portions of English history respectively written by Hume and Smollett; and from the proximity of the circumstances detailed to our own times, its interest is considerably enhanced.'Newcastle Courant.

In its most important character, that of being a copious and impartial detail of the momentous events in the history of this country since the accession of George III., Mr. Hughes's work is eminently successful.'-Perthshire Courier.

'Mr. Hughes's account of the eventful reign of George III. bids fair to be by far the best that has yet appeared.'-Oxford Herald.

The author's style of composition is unpretending, yet graceful; the narrative is given with as little indulgence of party bias as could possibly enter into a work of the kind; and so far as we can yet judge, the valuable qualities of industry and accuracy are indicated to an extent which promises to render the work honorable to his talents, and worthy of a place in the library, in conjunction with the histories of which it is a professed continuation.'-Greenock Advertiser.

'If we may judge from the skill displayed by Mr. Hughes in the first volume of his Continuation, we have no hesitation in saying, that he has justified his claim to a place amongst the first historians of the present day.'--Bucks Herald.

This History of England, when completed, will be the most perfect that can be placed in the hands of youth.'-Falmouth Packet.

We congratulate Mr. Valpy on his having introduced to the public the first volume of one of the most able series of British history that modern times has yet produced.'-Tyne Mercury.

In Six Monthly Volumes, 5s. each, uniform with those of Byron,

Scott, Shakspeare, &c.

A NEW AND ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF

THE

WORKS OF ALEXANDER POPE;

WITH

A LIFE, NOTES, AND CRITICAL NOTICES ON EACH POEM,

BY THE REV. G. CROLY, LL. D.

RECTOR OF ST. STEPHEN, WALBROOK, LONDON.

The object of the publisher is to present the British nation with the writings of this great ornament of literature in a complete, correct, and UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE form, corresponding with the popular illustrated editions of Shakspeare, Byron, Scott, &c.

The historical and landscape embellishments, for which ORIGINAL DRAWINGS have been expressly made, will be executed in the best style of line-engraving on steel; and no effort will be spared to render the edition worthy of the " great moral poet of all times, of all climes, of all feelings, and of all stages of existence."

BYRON ON POPE.

"Neither time, nor distance, nor grief, nor age, can ever diminish my veneration for him, who is the great moral poet of all times, of all climes, of all feelings, and of all stages of existence. The delight of my boyhood, the study of my manhood, perhaps if allowed me to attain it-he may be the consolation of my age. His poetry is the Book of Life. He has assembled all that a good and great man can gather together of moral wisdom clothed in consummate beauty. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE observes- that of all the members of mankind that live within the compass of a thousand years, for one man that is born capable of making a great poet,