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BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY:

A SERIES OF THE

BEST ENGLISH AND FOREIGN AUTHORS,

PRINTED IN A NEW AND ELEGANT FORM,

Equally adapted to the Library and the Fireside,

At the EXTREMELY LOW PRICE of 3s. 6d. PER VOLUME.

THIS Series has been undertaken with the view of presenting to the educated public, works of a deservedly established character, accurately printed in an elegant form, without abridgement, and at the lowest possible price that can remunerate the Publisher.

In the present advanced stage of widely-diffused intelligence, and after the many able arguments adduced by some of the most powerful minds of the age in favour of extended literature, it would be superfluous, in a notice of this kind, to extol the advantages of circulating the higher productions of genius and learning, on terms that may render them accessible to all.

The Publisher ventures to assume that his unremitting and longpractised experience in books, his constant intercourse with the learned in all parts of the world, and his extensive literary property, will enable him to bring such resources to the formation of his "STANDARD LIBRARY," as shall leave little or nothing to be desired. These and other facilities have suggested the present undertaking, and concurrent circumstances have hastened its commencement. As holder of many valuable copyrights, (including ROSCOE'S LEO THE TENTH, LORENZO DE MEDICI, and the WORKS OF ROBERT HALL, which were being pirated,) the Publisher considers it incumbent on him to take into his own hands the republication of them in a cheap and popular form, rather than leave them to the piecemeal appropriation of others.

The Publisher would not incur the imputation of inviting attention by inflated promises: but he may safely affirm, that he feels some ambition in the prospect of rendering the projected series worthy of distinction, and is resolved to employ all the means he possesses to merit and secure them.

Volumes already Published:

1. THE MISCELLANEOUS WORKS AND REMAINS OF THE REV. ROBERT HALL, with Memoir by DR. GREGORY, an Essay on his Character by JOHN FOSTER. Portrait. 2 AND 3. ROSCOE'S LIFE AND PONTIFICATE OF LEO X. edited by his Son, with the Copyright Notes, Appendices of Historical Documents, the Episode on Lucretia Borgia, an Index, and 3 fine Portraits, complete in 2 vols. 4. SCHLEGEL'S LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY, translated from the German, with a Memoir of the Author, by J. B. ROBERTSON, Esq. Portrait. 5 AND 6. SISMONDI'S HISTORY OF THE LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE, translated by ROSCOE. Complete in two vols. with a new Memoir of the Author, an enlarged Index, and two fine Portraits.

THE MAGNIFICENT, including the COPYRIGHT NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS, new Memoir by his Son, and fine Portrait. 8. SCHLEGEL'S LECTURES ON DRAMATIC LITERATURE, translated by MR. BLACK, of the Morning Chronicle. New Edition, carefully revised from the last German edition, by A. J. W. MORRISON. With Memoir and Portrait. 9. BECKMANN'S HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, DISCOVERIES AND ORIGINS. Fourth Edition, carefully revised and enlarged by DRS. FRANCIS and GRIFFITH. With Memoir and Portrait. Vol. I.

10. SCHILLER'S HISTORY OF THE THIRTY YEARS' WAR, AND REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS translated by A. J. W. MORRISON. Portrait.

11. BECKMANN'S HISTORY OF INVENTIONS, &c. 2nd and concluding Volume. With Portrait of James Watt. 12. SCHILLER'S WORKS, Vol. 2, containing: Continuation of THE REVOLT OF THE NETHERLANDS; WALLENSTEIN'S CAMP; THE PICCOLOMINI; THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN, and WILHELM TELL. With Portrait of Wallenstein. 13. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF COLONEL HUTCHINSON, by his WIDOW LUCY; to which is now first added. an ACCOUNT of the SIEGE of LATHOM HOUSE. Portrait, 14. MEMOIRS OF BENVENUTO CELLINI, written by himself. Now first collated with the NEW TEXT OF Guiseppe MOLINI, and enlarged. Translated by THOS. Roscoe. Port. 15. COXE'S HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA, from the Foundation of the Monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, to the death of Leopold II., 1218-1792, complete in 3 vols. Vol. I. Portrait of the Emperor Maximilian. 16. LANZI'S HISTORY OF PAINTING, a revised translation by Thomas Roscoe, complete in 3 vols. Vol. I. With fine Portrait of Raphael. 17. OCKLEY'S HISTORY OF THE SARACENS, REVISED, ENLARGED, AND COMPLETED, with a LIFE of MOHAMMED, and MEMOIR of the Author. Portrait of Mohammed. 18. COXE'S HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA. Vol. 2. With Portrait of the Emperor Rhodolph. 19. LANZI'S HISTORY OF PAINTING. Vol. 2. With fine Portrait of Titian.

20. SCHILLER'S HISTORICAL DRAMAS, (forming the 3rd Vol.of his works) containing: DON CARLOS, MARY STUART, MAID OF ORLEANS, and BRIDE OF MESSINA. Frontispiece. 21. LAMARTINE'S HISTORY OF THE GIRONDISTS, or Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution, from unpublished sources. Vol. I. Portrait of Robespierre. 22. COXE'S HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA. Third and concluding Volume. Portrait of Maria Theresa. 23. LANZI'S HISTORY OF PAINTING. Vol. 3, which completes the Work. With Portrait of Correggio.

24. MACHIAVELLI'S

HISTORY OF FLORENCE, PRINCE, AND OTHER WORKS. With Portrait. 25. SCHLEGEL'S LECTURES ON THE PHILOSOPHY LIFE AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE, translated by A. J. W. Morrison.

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