The ~riginal. Edit ion of the Chrm~icles of Holinfl~ed, it is wel.l kown, was publithed by their Author m a muttlated Oate. A number of pages, wbtch had obv10uV been printed with the reft of the \Vork, were tOund to be omi tted, except in a few copies, obtaind by fame favoured perfons. In the prefent Ed~tion thefe caOrations are faithfully refio~ed; and in .-der that the purchafer may depend upon findmg an exact, ~swell as .-a per~ea copy, tt has been aaw with the publiflters, not t~ alter.a finglc letter~ but lo pnnt the VVork w1th th~ utmoft fidelity tom the beft preceding EcJ,itton, wtth the Authors own orthography. The only hberty taken, hasbeen to ufe the 'types of the pn:sent day, in!lead of the old Engldh letter of the time of Elizabeth. The Publi!hers submit to the Public this Edition of a cu rious mil valuable Chronicle of our hifiory, with a confident hope that it will gratify both the hiftorical fident and the general reader. Jf it meet with the reception which they anticipate, they will be encarageq. to feleCl: fame others of the rarcft and moft important of our ancient Chronicles, and reprin them, in like manner for the convenience and gra tification of the Public. ' 7· NAVAL AND MILITARY MEMOIRS OF GREAT ERI'IUN, from 1727 to 1783. .By RonERT BEATSON , Efq. LL. D. The Second Edition, with a Contination. 6 vols. Svo. 3[. 3s. in boards. "The interefiing nature of this 'Vork has forced us to exceed oUt intended limits. To the defign and to the execution we mufi: give applaufe, as being in no meat degree ult.fql and meritorious . It is a work of utility 'and medit." Grit. Rev. "The Author iems 'to have exeCLil<-d tbe Work not only with fidelity and a regard to truth, but alfo with ability atd judgment." Brit. Grit. "Thefe Memoirs are well calculated for affording the Public both interefing amufement .and much ufeful information, and the greateft advantage to naval officers, and par.ticularly to young gentlemen of that profeffion." .Anti Ja'c:. "We cannot but remark, that the mi ri ; ~ loft in wonder while contemplating the mafs of heroic deeds, and the number of brilliant ex)loits, which are coli~Cted together within the compafs of tbe(e volumes. The Author has execute\ a laborious talk, and f1aS" efi:ablilhed a claim to the acknowledgmeots .of his counlry. He has mnifefied remarkable diligence in the collection of materials; yet we do not bel ieve that the writ•r's partiality has induced him in a fingle in fiance to fupprefs any fad within the fair fcope of his M~noirs, or wilfully to mifrcprefent any one which he has undertaken to relate.'' M. Rev. a The p•n of Dr. Beatfon is char<~Cl:erized by fairnefs and impartiality, anti he has well performed the b.fk. which he has undertaken." An. Rev. 8. A POLITICAL INDEX TO THE HISTORIES OF GREAT 3RITAIN AND IRELAND; or a Complete Regitler of the Hereditllry Honours, Public Office;, and Perfons in Office, from the earliefi: Periods to the prefent Time By RoBERT -BEATSON, LLD. The Third Edition, correCted and much enlarged, in 3 vols. Svo. Price ll. lls. 6d. in boards. a The Public arc certainly obliged to the Author for the conipilemen1 and publication of fo ufeful a VVork: a \Vork procluced at the expence of mnch time and great lab>ur, and executed with ftriCl: fidelity. M. Rev. g. A HI STORY OF IRELAND, from the earlieft Accounts to the A<compliUtment of the Union with Great Britain in ISO!. By the' Bev . JAMES GoRno~, Rector of :Killegny in the Diocefe of Ferns, and of Cannaway, in the Diocefe of Cork. In2 vols. Svo. Price ll. 4s. boards . "\.Ye have been gra tified with Mr. 9"ordon's performances. The fi01y flows with eafe and fpirit, and the general fi yle of !he compofition may be termed manly and correCt. The attention ihewn to method and chronology by frequent marginal references, deferves praife." Eclectic Rev. "The Author has not derogated from the reputation which he derived from his prior publication; ilnce we c\ifcover in it the fame clear difcerr.ment, the fame found judgment, the fame firong good fenfe, the fame manly fentimcnts1 and the filme fearlefs integrity and devotion to truth." Mon. Rev.
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