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Mr. Murray's

THE STUDENT'S HISTORY OF ROME

FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE ESTABLISH

MENT OF THE EMPIRE.

WITH CHAPTERS ON THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE AND ART.

BY DEAN LIDDELL.

With 80 Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

"There is no other work at present existing which so ably supplies a History of Rome suited to the wants of the general readers of the present day. To the youthful student, to the man who cannot read many volumes, we should commend it as the one history which will convey the latest views and most extensive information. The style is simple, clear, and explanatory."-Blackwood.

"Dr. Liddell has given a lucid, well-marked, and comprehensive view of the progress and revolutions of the Roman State and people. The course of the history is distinctly mapped out by broad and natural divisions; and the order in which it is arranged and presented is the work of a strong and clear mind. There is great skill as well as diligence shown in the amount of facts which are collected and compressed into the narrative; and the story is told, not merely with full intelligence, but with an earnestness and strength of feeling which cannot be mistaken."-Guardian.

"Dr. Liddell's History is adapted to the purpose of readers who desire a knowledge of the 'altered aspect which Roman history has assumed.' By means of a skilfully arranged structure, not only the different periods of the history, but their various subdivisions, are presented as distinct parts, yet each having a relation to a larger whole. The general treatment is also judicious. The alleged events, for instance, of the early period, are rapidly touched, while the social, political, and constitutional arrangements are fully expounded."-Spectator.

"This excellent History of Rome will supersede every other work on the subject.”— John Bull.

A Smaller History of Rome, from the Earliest

Times to the Establishment of the Empire. By Wм. SMITH, LL.D. 79 Illustrations. 16m0, 3s. 6d.

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Mr. Murray's

THE STUDENT'S GIBBON

AN EPITOME OF THE HISTORY Of the DECLINE

AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

BY EDWARD GIBBON.

CORRECTING HIS ERRORS AND INCORPORATING THE RESEARCHES OF RECENT HISTORIANS.

With 240 Woodcuts. Post 8vo, 7s. 6d.

"Gibbon's 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' forms the important link between Ancient and Modern history. Its title conveys an inadequate idea of its contents. It contains nearly a complete history of the world for a period of more than twelve centuries, from the time of the Antonines to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. Since the history of all ancient nations ends in that of Rome, and the history of modern states of Europe springs out of the Roman Empire, the youthful historical student, after making himself acquainted with the leading facts in the histories of Greece, Rome, and England, cannot employ his time more profitably than in mastering the history of the vast period comprehended in Gibbon's work. It is mainly for the benefit of such students that the present Abridgment has been prepared; but it is believed that it will also prove acceptable to the general reader, whose time or circumstances prevent him from studying so large a work as Gibbon's, but who wishes to make himself acquainted with some of the most memorable events in.the history of man."-Preface.

"Dr. Smith has already earned the thanks of this generation of scholars by a series of publications. He has now edited Gibbon in a single compact volume, with one hundred well-chosen wood engravings of buildings, coins, and other antiquities. Besides abridgment, the chief alterations are the omission of offensive anti-christian sneers, and the incorporation of important notes in the body of the text. Dr. Smith has preserved the main features of the great historian's work."-Guardian.

"Gibbon's Decline and Fall,' will live long as one of the noblest works in the English language; but it is too voluminous for the young student. Dr. Smith has drawn up an admirable abridgment of it, using as far as possible the language of the original, and adopting the plan of omitting or treating briefly circumstances of inferior importance, so that the grand events which have influenced the history of the world may be narrated at length."-Cambridge Chronicle.

"The best popular edition of Gibbon extant. It is pervaded by all the warmth, life, and power of the celebrated original; and is just some such volume as Gibbon himself would have issued, had he deemed it proper to send forth a digest of his own immortal performance."-Christian Witness.