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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS.

THE CASTLEREAGH PAPERS.

Preparing for Immediate Publication, in 4 vols. 8vo., printed uniformly with the WELLINGTON and NELSON DESPATCHES,

MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE

OF

VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH,

SECOND MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY.

EDITED BY HIS BROTHER,

CHARLES VANE, MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY, G.C.B., &c.

EVERY observer of passing events-every attentive reader of History—will acknowledge that the British annals exhibit no period more eventful, more glorions, we may say more marvellous, than that formed by the close of the last and the opening years of the present century; and it is equally undeniable that no Statesman had a greater share in the most important political transactions of that period than the late MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY, better known as LORD CASTLEREAGH.

Many of the present generation may, however, need reminding that this eminent Statesman commenced his official career as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; that he held this arduous and responsible situation at the time of the Rebellion in that country, and of its invasion by the French; and that to his talents, energy, and persevering exertions, we are mainly indebted for the great measure of its legislative Union with Great Britain-a measure which has been productive of incalculable benefit to Ireland, notwithstanding that certain factious demagogues are at this moment clamouring for its repeal.

Transferring the sphere of his activity to England, after the accomplishment of the Union, Lord Castlereagh filled successively the offices of President of the Board of Control, Secretary of War and of the Colonies, and Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and became the chief representative of this country in the negociations for the peace of Paris and at the Congress of Vienna.

The high official situations held by Lord Castlereagh brought him either into society or correspondence with almost all the leading political personages of this and other countries, and enabled him to accumulate a collection of Letters and Documents, more copious and more valuable than probably any Statesman of his time possessed. From these materials, his Brother, the present Marquess of Londonderry, to whom they devolved, has prepared for publication a selection from that portion which concerns Ireland, accompanied by a Biographical Memoir of his illustrious Relation. The work will be found one of surpassing importance, not merely on account of the records and illustrations of the extraordinary events of a past period which it furnishes, but for the startling points of comparison with occurrences of the present day that are incessantly forcing themselves upon the attention of

the reader.

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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS-continued.

THE COURT AND TIMES OF JAMES I. Illustrated by Authentic and Confidential Letters, from Public and Private Manuscript Collections. Edited by the Author of "Memoirs of Sophia Dorothea, Consort of George I." 2 vols. 8vo. £1. 8s. bound.

By the same Editor,

THE COURT AND TIMES OF CHARLES I. Including Memoirs of the Mission in England of the Capuchin Friars in the Service of Queen Henrietta Maria, by Father Cyprien de Gamache.

2 vols. 8vo. £1. 8s. bound.

*** These volumes comprise the Confidential Correspondence of the reigns of James I. and Charles I., written to and from the principal Ministers, Ambassadors, and other persons either connected with the Court or occupying positions which afforded them means of obtaining the most secret information. The work contains notices of almost every person of celebrity in the kingdon, so that there is scarcely a family whose members have figured in the history of this portion of the seventeenth century that will not find in these pages some reference to their ancestors.

"A work of a more entertaining and interesting character could scarcely be conceived."

MORNING POST. "Such collections as these do more to bring us familiarly acquainted with the real aspect of life in by-gone times, than all the essayists and historians put together."-JOHN BULL.

"The student of history anxious to make himself well acquainted with the chronicles of the past should not pass over without perusal these important and interesting memoirs, while to the lover of romance or to the diversified taste of the general reader their romantic contents will render these volumes peculiarly attractive.”—SUN.

PEPYS' DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE,

VOLUME 2.

New Edition, with the Omitted Passages restored.

by LORD BRAYBROOKE.

Edited with Additional Notes, 10s. 6d. bound.

"Pepys' Diary is now to appear in its integral state. This, the Third Edition of the best book of its kind in the English language, is therefore the only true edition of the book. The new matter is extremely curious, and, judging from the first volume, occasionally far more characteristic and entertaining than the old."-ATHENÆUM.

"Pepys' Diary makes us comprehend the great historical events of the age, and the people who bore a part in them, and gives us more clear glimpses into the true English life of the times than all the other memorials of them that have come down to our own."-EDINBURGH Review.

LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.

BY MISS STRICKLAND.

Complete in 12 vols. elegantly bound in morocco, gilt leaves, £6. 6s.

"A most interesting addition to our biographical library."-QUARTERLY REVIEW.

"A valuable contribution to historical knowledge."-ATHENBUM.

"These volumes have the fascination of a romance united to the integrity of history. They exhibit a combination of industry, learning, judgment, and impartiality not often met with in biographers of crowned heads."-TIMES.

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MR. COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS-continued.

BURKE'S PEERAGE & BARONETAGE FOR 1848. New Edition, revised throughout from the Personal Communications of the Nobility, &c. 1 vol. with 1500 Engravings of Arms, bound.

"The most complete publication of its class we possess."-ATLAS.

"No other Peerage can be compared with that of the Messrs. Burke for correctness and completeness."-WEEKLY CHRONICLE.

THE SUPPLEMENT TO

BURKE'S HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.-Just ready.

FIVE YEARS IN KAFFIRLAND:

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A YACHT EXCURSION TO

DENMARK, NORWAY, AND SWEDEN.

By W. A. Ross, Esq. 2 vols. post 8vo.-Just ready.

NEW WORKS
BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
A Tale of Domestic Life. By FREDRIKA
BREMER, Author of "The Neighbours,"
"The Home," &c. Translated from the
Original Unpublished Manuscript, by
MARY HOWITT. 3 vols.-Now ready.

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JERROLD'S PAPER.

RECOLLECTIONS OF

REPUBLICAN FRANCE,

From 1790 to 1801. By Dr. Millengen. 1 vol. 10s. 6d. bound.

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ZOOLOGICAL RECREATIONS. By W. J. BRODERIP, Esq. F.R.S. 1 vol. 10s. 6d. bound.

"No work is better calculated to fulfil the aim of its author-to furnish a hand-book which may cherish or awaken a love for natural history."-QUARTERLY REVIEW.

OF FICTION.

THE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE. 3 vols.-Just ready.

THE KELLYS AND THE O'KELLYS:
A Tale of Irish Life. By A. Trollope,
Esq. 3 vols. Now ready.

MILDRED VERNON:

A Tale of Paris in the Last Days of Louis
Philippe's Reign. 3 vols.
Just ready.

HENRY COLBURN, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough Street.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

1.

Mirabeau:

A LIFE HISTORY. IN FOUR BOOKS.

In 2 vols. post 8vo. with Portraits.

This work has been long in preparation, and is the only succinct, complete, and authentic Life of Mirabeau yet published. It contains an examination into his supposed connection with the father of the present Ex-King of the French, as well as a detailed and veracious statement of Mirabeau's plans for saving the Monarchy. The Second Volume will comprise a full account of the most important Debates in the National Assembly, from its convocation to the death of Mirabeau. (Just published.)

2.

The Gap of Barnesmore:

A TALE OF THE IRISH HIGHLANDS AND THE REVOLUTION OF 1668. In 3 vols. post 8vo.

3.

Life in Russia;

OR, THE DISCIPLINE OF DESPOTISM.

(Just ready.)

BY EDWARD P. THOMPSON, Esq. Author of "The Note-Book of a Naturalist." 1 vol. post 8vo. with Plates and Cuts, price 12s. cloth.

4.

The Town:

ITS MEMORIES OF GREAT MEN AND EVENTS.

BY LEIGH HUNT.

In 2 vols. post 8vo. with numerous Illustrations.

5.

Testimony to the Truth:

OR, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN ATHEIST.

In 1 vol. post 8vo.

(Nearly ready.)

(Now ready.)

With Elementary Remarks and Minute References to abundant Authorities.

In 1 vol. imperial 8vo.

7.

Madonna Pia,

AND OTHER POEMS.

BY JAMES GREGOR GRANT, Esa.

(Now ready.)

In 2 vols. post 8vo. with Frontispieces, designed by William Mulready, R.A.

The Practical Sugar Planter:

A complete Account of the Cultivation and Manufacture of the Sugar-Cane, according to the latest and most improved processes:

Being the Result of Sixteen Years' actual Experience as a Sugar-Planter in those Countries. BY LEONARD WRAY, Esq.

1 vol. 8vo. with numerous Illustrations, £1. 1s. (Just published.)

LONDON SMITH, ELDER, AND CO. 65, CORNHILL.

OLIVER and BOYD, Edinburgh; and JAMES M'GLASHAN, Dublin.

New Edition, corrected and enlarged, 10s. each Work, fcp. 8vo. cloth; or 12s. bound in embossed roan, with gilt edges,

MAUNDER'S FOUR TREASURIES.

I.

THE TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE,

And Library of Reference: a Compendium of Universal Knowledge,

II.

THE SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY TREASURY:

A copious Popular Encyclopædia of the Belles-Lettres.

THE BIOGRAPHICAL TREASURY:

A Dictionary of Universal Biography; comprising above 12,000 Memoirs.

IV.

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An Outline of Universal History; separate Histories of Every Nation.

from THE SUN newspaper.

WHAT a terrestrial globe is to a multitude of maps, these four little books are to an ordinary library. They are the accumulation and condensation of knowledge upon almost every subject; and they offer, in a compact and portable form, as much real instruction as is usually scattered through many hundred volumes. Mr. Maunder has with no little ingenuity selected the very cream of all the encyclopædias that have ever been published, and presented it to us in four books, each six inches by four in dimensions, two inches in thickness, and in weight a very few ounces. They are volumes to be carried in one's valise upon a journey, and would answer all the purposes of a library of reference. The gentleman who has compiled these remarkable works has shewn himself gifted with the keenest appreciation of what is really worthy of mention and what is altogether superfluous. He has stripped off the redundant husk, and has even broken away the shell: his Treasuries are certainly the very kernel and pith of knowledge. Although the type is somewhat diminutive, it is so sharply and clearly printed that the sight is not inconvenienced by the perusal. Mr. Maunder has conferred benefit his fellow-creatures: his works are the vade mecum of Literature, History, Science, and General Knowledge.

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upon

In the press, to be published early in July,

THE TREASURY OF NATURAL HISTORY; Or, Popular Dictionary of Animated Nature. With 900 Woodcuts.

Preparing for Publication,

THE TREASURY OF GEOGRAPHY.
Uniform with Mr. Maunder's other Five Treasuries.

LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.