St. Gregory the Great--Monastic Italy and Spain in the Sixth and Seventh Centuries. The Monks under the First Merovingians. St. Columbanus--The Irish in Gaul and the Colonies of Luxeuil. Christian Origin of the British Isles. St. Columba, the Apostle of Caledonia, 521-597. St. Augustin of Canterbury and the Roman Missionaries in England, 597-633. The Celtic Monks and the Anglo-Saxons. St. Wilfrid establishes Roman Unity and the Benedictine Order, 634-709. Contemporaries and Successors of St. Wilfrid, 650-735. Social and Political Influence of the Monks among the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon Nuns. The Church and the Feudal System--The Monastic Orders and Society. St. Gregory, Monk and Pope. The Predecessors of Calixtus II. Times. "Whatever the Count touches he of necessity adorns. He has produced a great and most interesting work, full of curious facts, and lit up with most noble eloquence." Freeman's Journal. "Of the translation, we must say it is in every respect worthy the original. The nervous style of the author is admirably preserved. It is at the same time spirited and faithful." Standard. "No library of English history will be complete without these glowing pictures of the 'Monks of the West.'" NOTE.--Very few sets of this important and well-known work are now left for sale. The Lives of the Queens of Scotland, AND ENGLISH PRINCESSES CONNECTED WITH THE REGAL SUCCESSION OF GREAT BRITAIN. By AGNES STRICKLAND. With Portraits and Historical Vignettes. Eight Volumes, post 8vo, cloth, £4, 4s. _net_. Also in full calf and half calf bindings. (_Published by_ Messrs. W. BLACKWOOD & SONS, _Edinburgh_.) CONTENTS OF THE WORK. Life of Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV. Life of Magdalene of France, First Queen of James V. Life of Mary of Lorraine, Second Queen of James V. Life of the Lady Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox. Life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. Life of Elizabeth Stuart, First Princess Royal of Great Britain. Life of Sophia, Electress of Hanover. English Review. "Miss Strickland has not only been fortunate in the selection of her subject, but she has sustained to the full her high reputation for research." The Standard. "In 'The Queens of Scotland' Miss Strickland prosecutes her original task with as careful research as in her first work, and with undiminished spirit and unaltered delicacy." The Guardian. "We discern freedom and ease of manner, a judicious selection of materials, an evenly balanced judgment, and the sobriety and decision which are the fruits of wide historical knowledge." Blackwood's Magazine.