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"I have been occupied," says Mr. Knight, "during nearly five years, in writing the Popular History of England, for Monthly Publication. With three exceptions it has appeared regularly during that period; and has now reached to Fifty-three Numbers, bringing up the narrative to 1793. I now find it impossible,—in the first place, with a proper regard to my own health, and, secondly, with an anxious desire to complete my book in a way to justify the favour with which it has been received,—to proceed with a Monthly Publication. The pressure of a periodical issue, with so short an interval between each publication, has become incompatible, according to my view, with a due regard to the research and thought which are necessary to deal with the vast accumulation of materials for history since the period of the French Revolution. The difficulty which now presses upon my responsibility for accuracy and impartiality has not been felt by me in the earlier stages of my undertaking, when the field of investigation was more limited. It has now become so onerous as to demand a decisive change.
"I propose, therefore, that it should be announced that the publication in Monthly Numbers will be discontinued, and therefore that a Number will not appear on the 1st of October.
"That the quantity required to complete Vol. VII. will be published as a Part, or Section in the month of January, 1861, simultaneously with the publication of the Volume.
"That Volume VIII., completing the work, will be published in the course of 1861; and, for the convenience of purchasers, will be divided into two Parts, or Sections."
In making this announcement the Publishers have only to add, that on the appearance of each of the Parts, or Sections, the Work will also be on sale in the usual form of Shilling Numbers.
☞ The Six Volumes of the Popular History of England, which are now completed, bring down the narrative from the Invasion of Cæsar to the close of the American War. The first Four Volumes, forming the First Division of the Work, carry down the history to the Revolution of 1688, and are published with a copious Index. The Second Division, commencing with Volume V., will come down to that period of the reign of her present Majesty which has become a constitutional epoch in the important change of the commercial policy of the country. The price of each Volume is 9s.
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Transcriber's Notes
Numerous errors in punctuation (mostly missing periods) have been silently corrected. Otherwise, the somewhat eccentric use of punctuation has been left untouched.
The following typographical errors have been corrected:
"Publiliu" (p. xi) — corrected to "Publilius";
"educa-" (p.6) — corrected to "education";
"isin" (p. 38) — corrected to "nisi";
"vain for his recal" (p. 43) — corrected to "vain for his recall";
"it it is said" (p. 94) — corrected to "it is said";
"Romans to continuue (p. 117) — corrected to "Romans to continue";
"Hasbrubal" (p. 190) — corrected to "Hasdrubal";
"to day" (p. 241) — corrected to "to-day";
"Sertorious" (p. 277) — corrected to "Sertorius";
"ttifled" (p. 297) — corrected to "stifled".
There are many examples of words with two spellings: one with a hyphen and one without; this seems often to be deliberate (and often for humorous purpose) and they have therefore been left unchanged (e.g. dis-gusted and disgusted; Ro-man and Roman).
There is no consistency in the use of the æ ligature. For example, Both Æmilius and Aemilius, Præneste and Praeneste are found. These inconsistencies have been left unaltered.
Similarly the spelling Maximùs, which appears in a footnote on p. 16, has been left unaltered, although the spelling elsewhere is Maximus.
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