The main purpose of the FAMILY HISTORY OF ENGLAND has been to unite objects which in such undertakings are not always found to coincide; namely, to render the study of English History not merely instructive, but interesting and amusing.  For this purpose, the greatest care has been taken to seize upon all those striking features in the detail of events, which not only convey to the mind of the reader a vivid picture of scenes past, but induce him to argue from effects to their causes.  While the philosophy of history, therefore, is sedulously taught, it is taught in a manner calculated to gratify both young and old, by affording to the one class ample scope to reflection; to the other, matter that stirs and excites, while it conveys sound moral instruction.

A HISTORY OF LONDON; THE PROGRESS OF ITS INSTITUTIONS; THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ITS PEOPLE.  By CHARLES MACKAY. 7_s._

Of the Histories of London which have hitherto appeared, some have been too voluminous and costly for the general reader, and others too exclusively addressed to the citizen, the antiquarian, or the traveller.  The object of the present Volume is to furnish in a tangible form, and at a small price, a general and popular view of the progress of civilization, and of the origin and progress of those events which have raised London to its present importance.  The work, however, is not confined to a history of events, but contains graphic pictures of the manners and customs of the people, their sports and pastimes, at different periods, and the characteristic incidents of their domestic history.

GERMANY, BOHEMIA, AND HUNGARY, VISITED IN 1837.  By the Rev. G.R.  GLEIG, M.A., Chaplain to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.  Three Volume’s, Post Octavo. 1_l._ 11_s._ 6_d._

The principal design of this work is to give some account of the state of society as it now exists in Bohemia and Hungary.  In order to reach these countries, the Author was, of course, obliged to pass through a large portion of Germany, where the social condition of the people, as well as the civil, ecclesiastical, and military establishments, attracted his attention.  Upon these he touches, more especially in reference to Prussia, towards which the eyes of the rest of Europe are at present anxiously turned.  But his great design was to obtain and communicate information, respecting countries into which few Englishmen are accustomed to penetrate.  Hence a large portion of his tour, both in Bohemia and Hungary, was performed on foot; and the acquaintance which he was thereby enabled to form with all ranks and conditions of the people, was at once more intimate and more familiar than could have taken place had he travelled by a more usual mode of conveyance.  He looked into the cottage as well as the palace, and he has given some account of both.

GERMANY; THE SPIRIT OF HER HISTORY, LITERATURE, SOCIAL CONDITION, AND NATIONAL ECONOMY; illustrated by Reference to her Physical, Moral, and Political Statistics, and by Comparison with other Countries.  By BISSET HAWKINS, M.D., Oxon., F.R.S., &c. 10_s._ 6_d._