HISTOIRE DES REVOLUTIONS DE PORTUGAL, par l'Abbé de Vertot, continuée jusqu'au _temps présent_, enrichie de Notes Historiques et Critiques, d'une Table Chronologique des Rois de Portugal et d'une Description du Brésil, par Louis de Boisgelin, Chevalier de Malthe. 12mo. bound, 5s. 6d. LA CHAUMIERE INDIENNE (par Bernardin de St. Pierre,) 18mo. sewed, 2s. LA DUCHESSE DE LA VALLIERE, par Madame de Genlis, 2 vol. 12mo. sewed, 8s. ABRÉGÉ DE L'HISTOIRE DE FRANCE faisant partie du Cours d'études, imprimé par Ordre du Roi, à l'Usage de L'ECOLE ROYALE MILITAIRE, NOUVELLE EDITION contenant _l'Histoire de la Révolution_ jusqu'à la Mort de Louis XVI, avec un Abrégé, en vers, des Epoques les plus intéressantes de l'Histoire de France, 12mo. bound, 5s. HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONS OF PORTUGAL. The kingdom of Portugal makes part of the great extent of country called Spain;[4] most of its provinces bear the names of the different kingdoms into which it is divided: that of Portugal lies to the West of Castille, and on the most western coast of Europe; it is only a hundred and ten leagues in length, and its greatest breadth does not exceed fifty. The soil is fertile, the air wholesome, and the heat of the climate is tempered by refreshing breezes and fruitful showers. The crown is hereditary, and the monarch absolute. The formidable tribunal of the Inquisition is regarded by this prince as the safest and most useful means of forwarding his political views, and as such, employed by him with the greatest success. The Portugueze are naturally fiery, proud, and arrogant, greatly attached to their religion, though more superstitious than truly devout; they regard almost every event as a prodigy, and not only persuade themselves, but endeavour to persuade others, that they are the peculiar favourites of Providence, which never fails to protect them in the most extraordinary manner. The original inhabitants of this country have never been justly ascertained. Some historians make them the descendants of _Tubal_, and it would be scarcely possible for the most fabulous accounts to trace their origin farther back; every nation, indeed, has some chimerical notions on this head; there is not, however, the smallest doubt, that these provinces belonged successively to the Carthaginians and the Romans; but towards the beginning of the fifth century the whole of Spain became the prey of the Alains, the Sueves, the Vandals, and the rest of the barbarous nations generally termed Goths, when Portugal was sometimes governed by its own appropriate kings, and sometimes subjected to the Castilian monarchs.