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SMITH, LL.D. 12mo, 715 pages, Cloth, $2 06. THE STUDENT'S NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY. With an Introduction, connecting the History of the Old and New Testaments. Edited by WM. SMITH, LL.D. 19mo, 780 pages, Cloth, 82 00. A SMALLER SCRIPTURE HISTORY. In Three Parts: Old Testament History; Connection of Old and New Testaments; New Testament History to A.D. 70. Edited by WM. SMITH, LL.D. 16mo, 375 pages, Cloth, $1 00. Sent by mail, postage free, on receipt of the price. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by HARPER & BROTHERS, atne Cierk's Office of the Southern District of New York. PREFACE. THIS work is designed to supply a long-acknowledged want in our School and College Literature-a STUDENT'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND in a volume of moderate size, free from sectarian and party prejudice, containing the results of the researches of the best modern historians, tracing more particularly the development of the Constitution, and bringing out prominently the characters and actions of the great men of our country. It is unnecessary to dwell upon the manifold difficulties of such an undertaking-difficulties which the editor of the present work would have deemed insuperable if he had not been able to avail himself of the clear narrative and matchless style of Hume. It has lately been the fashion in some quarters to underrate the merits and exaggerate the faults of Hume; but the most competent judges have generally been among the first to render homage to his greatness as an historian. Thus Mr. Hallam remarks that the domestic transactions-in the reign of Edward I. have been "extremely well told by Hume, the first writer who had the merit of exposing the character of Edward I. ;" and a recent critic has observed, "that Hume's account of our English annals is still, with all its defects, the best history of the period over which it extends."* Indeed, the History of Hume will probably long remain unrivaled. It is not mere learning and the poring over records that constitute an historian. A writer may be accurate in his facts, but most erroneous in his deductions from them. With the best materials, he may completely misrepresent history from want of the ability to trace *The Times, April 1, 1858. |