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Grattan, Right Honorable Henry. Memoirs of the Life and Times of,-by New edition. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1849.

his son.

Vol. 5 contains an Appendix of his Letters, and other pieces relating to Irish affairs. 1793-1813.

Cloncurry, Lord. The Life, Times and Contemporaries of, by W. J. Fitzpatrick. 12mo. Dublin, 1855.,

'Perhaps no life of the last generation, except O'Connell's, has so wide an Historical interest".-Preface.

Lewis, G. C. On Local disturbances in Ireland in 1836, &c.

p. 243.

Vide ante,

Campbell, James. Ireland, its History, past and present, elucidated. Svo. London, 1847.

Smith, G. L. Ireland: Historical and Statistical. 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1844-1849.

Wakefield, Edward. An account of Ireland, Statistical and Political. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1812.

Martin, R. M. Ireland, before and after the Union with Great Britain. Third edition, with aditions. 8vo. London, 1848.

For Parliamentary History of Ireland, vide, ante, p. 120; see, also, pp. 121, 229,

230.

Repeal of the Union. Essays on the,-to which the Association Prizes were awarded; with a Supplemental Essay, published by the Repeal Association. 8vo. Dublin, 1845.

Dewar, Daniel. Observations on the Character, Customs, and Superstitions of the Irish; and on some causes which have retarded the Improvement of Ireland. 8vo. London, 1812.

Foster, T. C., the "Times" Commissioner. Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland; reprinted with Additions, and copious Notes, from 66 The Times." Second edition. 8vo. London, 1847.

First published at intervals, immediately after they were written, in the period between August, 1845, and January, 1846.

LOCAL AND COUNTY HISTORIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

IRELAND.

Vide Camden's Britannia; in GEOGRAPHY, TOPOGRaphy, &c.

Lewis, Percival. Historical Inquiries concerning Forests and Forest Laws, with Topographical Remarks upon the ancient and modern state of the New Forest. 4to. London, 1811.

Windsor Castle and its Environs; including Eton College; by L. Ritchie. Second edition, with additions by E. Jesse. 8vo. London, 1848. Pyne, W. H. The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore; with 100 coloured illustrations. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1819.

The Beauties of England and Wales; or delineations, Topographical, Historical, and descriptive; with an Introduction, comprising, Observations on the History and Antiquities of the Britons; the Romans in Britain; the Anglo-Saxons: the Anglo-Danes, and the AngloNormans, with remarks on the progress of Architecture in succeding ages, by J. Norris Brewer. 18 vols. bound in 25. 8vo. London,

1801-1818.

Vols. I-VII Counties contained.-Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckingham-
shire; Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and Cornwall :-Cumberland, Isle of Man,
and Derbyshire :-Devonshire and Dorsetshire;- Durham, Essex and Glou-
cestershire;-Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Herefordshire, by E. W. Brayley
and John Britton. Vol. VIII. Kent, by E. W. Brayley. Vol. IX.
Lancashire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire by J. Britton. Vol. X. Mid-
dlesex, with a full description of London, in 4 parts. Parts 1 and 2,
by E. W. Brayley. Part 3, in 2 vols., by J. Nightingale. Part 4,,
by J. N. Brewer, Vol. XI. Monmouthshire, Norfolk, and Northamptonshire
by J. Evans and J. Britton. Vol. XII. (Part 1.) Northumberland and
Nottinghamshire, by J. Hodgson, and F. C. Laird. Part 2. Oxfordshire
and Rutlandshire by J. N. Brewer. Vol. XIII. Parts 1 and 2. Shropshire
Somersetshire, and Staffordshire, by J. Nightingale. Vol. XIV. Suffolk,
Surrey, and Sussex, by F. Shoberl. Vol. XV. Part 1. Wiltshire, by J.
Britton. Part 2. Wiltshire, (concluded) Warwickshire, Westmoreland,
and Worcestershire, by J. Britton, J. N. Brewer, J. Hodgson and F. C. Laird.
Vol. XVI. Yorkshire, by J. Bigland. Vol. XVII. North Wales, by
J. Evans. Vol. XVIII. South Wales, by T. Rees.

The Beauties of Scotland; containing an account of the Agriculture,
Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities,
Towns, etc., of each County, [by R. Forsyth.] 5 vols
burgh, 1805-8.

8vo. Edin

The Beauties of Ireland: being delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Biographical of each County, by J. N. Brewer. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1825-6.

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The Land We Live in: a Pictorial and Literary Sketch Book of the British Empire, published by Charles Knight. 4 vols. 4to. London, 1847-49.

London.

A Survey of London written in the year 1598, by John Stow. New edition, edited by William J. Thoms. 8vo. London, 1842.

The Microcosm of London: [R. Ackermann's] with coloured plates design.
ed by Rowlandson and Pugin. 3 vols. 4to. London, 1810.
London: edited by Charles Knight, with many Illustrations. 6 vols. 8vo.
London, 1841-44.

The work is a collection of 150 Treatises, Historical as well as Topographical
on Customs and Manners, Municipal Government, Public Economy, the
Institutions of Trade, Education, Police, Charity, of the Fine Arts, and
Public Amusements; by Saunders, Weir, Platt, Craik, Dodd, Planché,
Fairholt and others.

New Survey of London: fully developing its Antiquity, History, and Architecture, various Galleries of Arts, Parks, etc. Trade and Manufactures, Government &c. and its Geography, Geology, and Natural History illustrated. 2 vols. 12mo. (Weale.) London, 1853. Pictorial Hand-book of London, comprising its Antiquities, Architecture, Arts, Manufacture, Trade, and Institutions, Exhibitions, &c., with some account of the Suburbs, and a Map. 12mo. London, 1854. Murray's Hand-Books. London, Past and Present, 1850. London in 1854. Both by P. Cunningham F. S. A. 2 vols. 12mo.

Herbert, William. The History of the Twelve great Livery Companies of London. Compiled from their Records, with accounts of each Company; its origin, Constitution, Government, Dress, Customs, Halls, and Charities; including Notices of Metropolitan Trade and Commerce, as originally concentrated in those Societies, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1837.

Burn, J. H. Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens, current in the Seventeenth Century, presented to the Corporation Library, by H. B H. Beaufoy. 8vo. London, 1853.

This work contains many Antiquarian notices of localities in London. Low, Sampson, junior. The Charities of London:- Benevolent, Educational, and Religious; their origin and design, progress, &c. 12mo. London, 1850.

Cornwall. Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of, consisting of Essays on the first Inhabitants, Druid Superstition, Customs, and Remains of remote Antiquity in Britain, &c., exemplified by Monuments now extant in Cornwall; with a Vocabulary of the Cornu-British Language, by W. Borlase. Second edition, with additions. Folio. London, 1779.

By the same Author. The Natural History of Cornwall, &c., Of the stones, Metals, Tin, and the manner of mining; the Constitution of the Stannaries, &c., of Vegetables, rare Birds, Fishes, Quadrupeds, &c. Of the Inhabitants, their Manners and Customs, Plays, Exercises, Festivals, Language, &c. Folio. Oxford, 1758.

Vide, also, Collins' Rambles beyond Railways; or Notes in Cornwall in 1852. Devonshire. Collectanea Curiosa Antique Dunmonia; or an Essay on some Druidical Remains in Devon, as also on its Ancient Camps, &c. Some Numismatic Memoranda; a list of Exeter trading Tokens, &c., by W. T. P. Shortt. 8vo. Exeter, 1841.

Dorsetshire. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset compiled from the best and most ancient Historians, &c., with a copy of Domesday Book, and the Inquisitio Gheldi for the County, with some particulars of Natural History; by John Hutchins. 2 vols., folio. London, 1774

Essex. The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, compiled from the best and most ancient Historians, and brought down to the present time; by Philip Morant, 2 vols., folio. London, 1768.

Hereford. Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, by John Duncumb. 2 vols. 4to. London, 1804-1812.

The 2nd vol. on the title page is called, Vol. II, Part 1st. It is all that was published, however, and contains 40 pages more than Lowndes finds by collation in the 2nd vol.

Kent. The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent; containing the ancient and present state of it, Civil and Ecclesiastical; collected from the Public Records, &c. ; by Edward Hasted. Second edition, corrected and continued. 12 vols. 8vo. With Maps of the Hundreds. Folio Canterbury, i797—1801.

Historical, Topographical, and descriptive account of the Weald of Kent, by T. D. W. Dearn. 8vo. Cranbrook, 1814.

Consuetudines Kanciæ. A history of Gavelkind and other remarkable Customs of the County of Kent, by Charles Sandys. 8vo. London, 1851.

Northampton. The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton; by George Baker. 2 vols in 1. Folio. London, 1822-1830. Surrey. The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey; from the best and most authentic Historians, &c., with a fac-simile copy of Domesday, by Rev. O. Manning, continued to the present time, by W. Bray, 3 vols. Folio. London, 1804-1814.

A topographical History of Surrey, by E. W. Brayley, assisted by John Britton and E. W. Brayley, junior; the geological section by Gideon Mantell the illustrative department under the superintendence of T. Allom. 5 vols. 8vo. London, 1850.

Robertson, David. A tour through the Isle of Man; to which is subjoined a review of the Manks history. 8vo. London, 1794.

Train, Joseph. An Historical and statistical account of the Isle of Man, from the earliest times to the present date; with a view of its laws, customs, and superstitions. 2 vols. 8vo. Douglas, Isle of Man, 1845.

Jacob, John. Annals of some of the British Norman Isles, constituting the Bailiwick of Guernsey, from private MSS., public documents, &c. Part I., comprising the Casket Lighthouses, Alderney, Sark, Herm, and Jethou, &c. 8vo. Paris, 1830.

Le Quesne, Charles. A constitutional history of Jersey, [from the times of Norman dominion.] 8vo. London, 1856.

Vide, also, Charles II. in the Channel Islands, by S: E. Hoskins.

NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN. Charnock, John. Biographia Navalis; or Impartial Memoirs of officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the year 1660 to the present time. 6 vols. 8vo. London, 1794-98.

Brenton, E. Pelham.

The Naval History of Great Britain from the year 1783 to 1736. A new and improved edition. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1837.

James, William. The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration
of War by France in 1793. A new edition, with additions and
Notes, and an account of the Burmese War, and the Battle of
Navarino, by Capt. Chamier. 6 vols. 8vo. London, 1837.

Vide, also, Charnock, Marshall, and O'Byrne, collected Naval Biographies, and
Dictionaries, in BIOGRAPHY.

Monson, Sir W. Tracts: I. Of the English and Spanish Fleets during the War in Queen Elizabeth's time, with remarks on the Actions.-II. Remarks on the Actions in the time of James I.-III. Particulars relating to the Office of Lord High Admiral, and of the Ministers and Officers under him. Vide Churchill's Collection of Voyages and Travels, vol. 3.

Allen, Joseph. Battles of the British Navy. 2 vols. 8vo. London, 1852. Curling, J. B. Some account of the ancient Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms. 8vo. London, 1850.

Historical Records of the British Army, (prepared under the direction of the Adjutant General) comprising the History of every Regiment in Her Majesty's Service. By Richard Cannon. 8vo. London, v. d.

[In the Parliamentary Library are the following Regimental
Histories.] viz;

The Life Guards, from its formation in 1660 to 1836. Second e ition. 1840.
The Oxford Blues, from 1661 to 1846, by Edmond Packe, late Capt. 1847.
The Coldstream Guards,-Origin [1650] and services of,-by Col. MacKinnon.
2 vols. 8vo. London, 1833.

The 1st, or the Royal Dragoons, from its formation, 1661 to 1839. London,
1837.

The 1st, or King's Dragoon Guards, from the formation in 1685 to 1836.
London, 1837.

The 2nd, or Royal North British Dragoons, commonly called The Scots' Greys,
1678 to 1839. London, 1840.

The 2nd, or Queen's Dragoon Guards: (Queen's Bays). from 1685 to 1837.
London, 1837.

The 3rd, or Prince of Wales' Dragoon Guards, from 1685 to 1838. London,
1838.

The 3rd, or King's Own Light Dragoons, from 1685 to 1846. London, 1847.

A Duplicate.

The 4th, or Queen's Own Dragoons, from 1685 to 1842. A Duplicate. London,

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