"There is no need, at this time of day, to say anything in vindication of the importance, as a standard work, of Dr. Lingard's 'History of England.' ... Its intrinsic merits are very great. The style is lucid, pointed, and puts no strain upon the reader; and the printer and publisher have neglected nothing that could make this-what it is likely long to remain--the standard edition of a work of great historical and literary value." Daily Telegraph. "True learning, untiring research, a philosophic temper, and the possession of a graphic, pleasing style were the qualities which the author brought to his task, and they are displayed in every chapter of his history." Two Volumes, 8vo, Sixty-four Portraits, Roxburghe binding, gilt top, price 30s. _net_. MEMOIRS OF COUNT GRAMMONT. By ANTHONY HAMILTON. A NEW EDITION, EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY SIR WALTER SCOTT. With Sixty-four Portraits Engraved by EDWARD SCRIVEN. Hallam. "The 'Memoirs of Grammont,' by Anthony Hamilton, scarcely challenge a place as historical; but we are now looking more at the style than the intrinsic importance of books. Every one is aware of the peculiar felicity and fascinating gaiety which they display." T. B. Macaulay. "The artist to whom we owe the most highly finished and vividly coloured picture of the English Court in the days when the English Court was gayest." Medium 8vo, fine paper, Eighty-eight Illustrations, cloth, gilt top, price 21s. _net_. OLD TIMES: A PICTURE OF SOCIAL LIFE AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. COLLECTED AND ILLUSTRATED FROM THE SATIRICAL AND OTHER SKETCHES OF THE DAY. By JOHN ASHTON. _Author of "Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne."_ With Eighty-eight Illustrations. Daily Telegraph. "That is the best and truest history of the past which comes nearest to the life of the bulk of the people. It is in this spirit that Mr. John Ashton has composed 'Old Times,' intended to be a picture of social life at the end of the eighteenth century. The illustrations form a very valuable, and at the same time quaint and amusing, feature of the volume." Saturday Review. "'Old Times,' however, is not only valuable as a book to be taken up for a few minutes at a time; a rather careful reading will repay those who wish to brush up their recollections of the period. To some extent it may serve as a book of reference, and even historians may find in it some useful matter concerning the times of which it treats. The book is in every respect suited for a hall or library table in a country house." THE MONKS OF THE WEST, FROM ST. BENEDICT TO ST. BERNARD. By the COUNT DE MONTALEMBERT, _Member of the French Academy_. Authorised Translation. Seven Volumes 8vo, cloth, £4, 4s. _net_. (_Published by_ Messrs. W. BLACKWOOD & SONS, _Edinburgh_.) CONTENTS OF THE WORK. Introduction. The Roman Empire after the Peace of the Church. Monastic Precursors in the East. Monastic Precursors in the West. St. Benedict.