The World's Fair eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 117 pages of information about The World's Fair.

The World's Fair eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 117 pages of information about The World's Fair.

THE HISTORY OF POLAND AND RUSSIA;

3_s_. 6_d_. cloth, lettered; with a Map, and three elegant Historical Engravings.

1.  Assassination of Demetrius. 2.  John Cassimer, worn out by misfortune, resigning his crown to the Diet. 3.  Flight of the Inhabitants of Moscow at the approach of the French army.

“This volume forms one of a series of histories for the use of young persons; the present volume is, however, more descriptive than historical, which we consider an advantage; the living manners of the Poles and Russians being much more instructive and entertaining to young English readers.”—­Tait’s Magazine.

“Miss Corner has succeeded in compressing into a small compass all the leading events of history, without the slightest obscurity, or without sinking her book into a dry chronicle of facts.”—­Britannia.

THE HISTORY OF TURKEY AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE; INCLUDING GREECE, SYRIA, AND THE HOLY LAND;

3_s_. 6_d_. cloth, lettered; with a Map, and three elegant Engravings.

1.  Selim II., receiving the Ambassadors of Maximilian, Emperor of Germany. 2.  Mahomet expounding the Koran at Medina. 5.  Reschid Pacha reading the Hatti Scheriff of 1839 to the Ambassadors and Great Officers of State.

“The narrative is so well arranged and so agreeably diversified by occasional remarks on individual and national character, as to render history attractive even to the very young; and the information is conveyed in a style remarkable for its unaffected simplicity and clearness.”—­Morning Post.

“The leading features of Turkish manners, laws, and policy, are accurately and forcibly pourtrayed, while the narrative is distinguished for simplicity, perspicuity, and completeness.”—­Conservative Journal.

THE HISTORY OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND;

3_s_. 6_d_. cloth, lettered; with a Map, and three elegant Historical Engravings.

1.  Pope Martin V. riding through the streets of Rome, the Emperor and Elector leading his Horse. 2.  Massaniello haranguing the Populace. 3.  William Tell and the other Swiss Patriots holding their nightly meetings.

“Brief, clear, and correct; well adapted for young persons.”—­Leamington Spa Chronicle.

“Written with great care and ability.”—­John Bull.

“A very useful educational book.”—­Literary Gazette.

THE HISTORY OF HOLLAND AND BELGIUM;

2_s_. 6_d_. cloth, lettered, with a Map, and two elegant Historical Engravings.

1.  Assassination of William of Orange. 2.  Admiral Van Tromp shot whilst animating his sailors.

“The present, like the proceeding histories from the pen of this intelligent lady, is distinguished for its conciseness, elegance of expression, and clearness of detail.”—­Manchester Times.

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