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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: D. APPLETON 4 CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. History of the Romans under the Empire. By Ghables Heuivale, B. D., late Fellow of St. John's College. 1 vols., small 8 vo. Handsomely printed on tinted paper. CONTENTS: Vote. I. and II?Comprising the History to the Fall of Julias Caesar. Vol. HI.?To the Establishment of...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: D. APPLETON 4 CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. History of the Romans under the Empire. By Ghables Heuivale, B. D., late Fellow of St. John's College. 1 vols., small 8 vo. Handsomely printed on tinted paper. CONTENTS: Vote. I. and II?Comprising the History to the Fall of Julias Caesar. Vol. HI.?To the Establishment of the Monarchy by Augustus. Vols. IV. and V.?From Augustus to Claudius, B. c. 27 to A. D. 64. Vol. VI.?From the Reign of Nero, A. D. 64, to the Fall of Jerusalem, A. D. 70. VoL VII.?From the Destruction of Jerusalem, A. D. 70, to the Death of M. Aurelius. This valuable work terminates at the point where the narrative of Gibbon commences. When we enter on a more searching criticism of the two writers, it must be admitted that Mcrivale has as firm a grasp of his subject as Gibbon, and that his work la characterized by a greater freedom from prejudice, and a sounder philosophy. -. . . This History must always stand as a splendid monument of his learning, his candor, and his vigorous grasp of intellect Though he is in some respects inferior to Hacaulay and Grote, he must still be classed with them, as one of the second great triumvirate of English historians.1'?North, American Review, April, 1868. Thirty Poems. By Wm. CcuLAN- Bryant, 1 volume, 12mo. No English poet surpasses him in knowledge of nature, and bat few are his equals. He is better than Cowper and Thomson in their special walks of poetry, and the equal of Wads- worth, that great high priest of nature.?2A World. Hints to Riflemen. By H. W. S. Cleveland. 1 vol., 12mo. Illustrated with numerous Designs of Rifles and Rifle Practice. I offer these hints as the contribution of an old sportsman, and if I succeed in any degree Ul be accomplished, even if the future inves- prove a...