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Machiavelli, Niccolo.
[Works]; with an introduction by Henry Cust. 2v. 1905.
(Tudor translations; ed. by W. E. Henley, v.39-40.) . .945.5 Mi6w
v.i.
The art of war; tr. by Peter Whitehorne, 1560.—The prince; tr.
by Edward Dacres, 1640.
v.2. The Florentine history; tr. by Thomas Beddingfeld, 1595-
The introduction, an essay of some 40 pages, gives an admirable sketch
of Machiavelli's life and a critical analysis of his writings.
Martineau, Harriet.
History of England during the thirty years' peace, 1816-
1846. 2v. 1849 Q942.07 M43
v.i. 1815—1830.
V.2. I 83O-I 846.
"It is a remarkable performance. . .and written with real power. It
generally represents the views of the 'philosophical radicals.' " Dictionary
of national biography.
Maupas, Charlemagne £mile de.
Story of the coup d'etat; freely tr. with notes by A. D.
Vandam. 2v. in 1. 1884 944-07 M 49
Author was the last prefect of police under President Louis Napoleon.
His work is a tolerably complete apology, from his point of view, for
his own and his master's action in the "crime of December," 1851.
The work is also interesting as a generous tribute to Napoleon Ill's
merits. Condensed from Athenaum, 1884.
Maurice, Charles Edmund.
Revolutionary movement of 1848-9 in Italy, Austria-
Hungary and Germany, with some examination of the
previous thirty-three years. 1SS7
94°-9 M49
"Authorities consulted," p.[i 1 ]-i6.
"Valuable epitome, not only of the stirring incidents of 1848 and 1849,
but also of the social and political conditions of the generation leading
up to them.. .With the actual movements of 1848-9 barely
more than half of his volume is occupied." Athenaeum, 1887.
Okey, Thomas.
Story of Paris. 1906. (Mediaeval towns.)
Bibliography, p.6-8.
New edition, revised and enlarged with a special view to the practical
purposes of a guide-book. Treats the historical, literary and artistic
aspects of the city.
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Rose, John Holland.
Napoleonic studies. 1904
944-3 O22S
940.8 R7in
Contents: Wordsworth, Schiller, Fichte and the idealist revolt against
Napoleon.—Pitt's plans for the settlement of Europe.—The religious
belief of Napoleon.—Egypt during the first British occupation.—Canning
and Denmark in 1807.—A British agent at Tilsit.—Napoleon
and British commerce.—Britain's food supply in the Napoleonic war.
—The Whigs and the French war.—Austria and the downfall of
Napoleon. —The Prussian co-operation at Waterloo.—The detention
of Napoleon by Great Britain.—NOTES AND DOCUMENTS: Nelson in
the Mediterranean, 1796, 1798.—Preparations for the defence of
Acre.-—The assassination of the Czar Paul.—The beginning of
the Third Coalition.—Napoleon's plans for invading England.—The
French East Indian expedition at the Cape in 1803.—The ice incident
at the battle of Austerlitz.—-An intercepted French despatch.—Napoleon's
last papers.—Letters of Major Gorrequer from St. Helena.
The volume is a sort of by-product of the research which Dr Rose
expended on his well-known "Life of Napoleon I," 92 Ni29ros.
Sheppard, John George.
Fall of Rome and the rise of the new nationalities; a
series of lectures on the connection between ancient
and modern history. 1861
940.2 S54
4/3
"One of the best manuals for the use of a student of the Middle Ages.
Perhaps its most striking characteristic is in its large dependence on
original authorities. .. It also has the merit of bringing out with great