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THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC.

A History

BY JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY.

New Edition. With a Portrait of William of Orange. 3 vols. 8vo,
Muslin, $9 00.

We regard this work as the best contribution to modern history that
has yet been made by an American.--_Methodist Quarterly Review._

The "History of the Dutch Republic" is a great gift to us; but the
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they give us most timely inspiration to vindicate the true ideas of
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This work bears on its face the evidences of scholarship and research.
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To the illustration of this most interesting period Mr. Motley has
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