il, softer flavored. The inspiring idea
which breathes through Mr. Motley's histories and colors the whole
texture of his narrative, is the grandeur of that memorable struggle
in the 16th century by which the human mind broke the thraldom of
religious intolerance and achieved its independence.--_The World,
N. Y._

The name of Motley now stands in the very front rank of living
historians. His _Dutch Republic_ took the world by surprise; but the
favorable verdict then given is now only the more deliberately
confirmed on the publication of the continued story under the title of
the _History of the United Netherlands_. All the nerve, and power, and
substance of juicy life are there, lending a charm to every
page.--_Church Journal, N. Y._

Motley indeed, has produced a prose epic, and his fighting scenes are
as real, spirited, and life-like as the combats in the Iliad.--_The
Press_ (Phila.).

His history is as interesting as a romance, and as reliable as a
proposition of Euclid. Clio never had a more faithful disciple. We
advise every reader whose means will permit to become the owner of
these fascinating volumes, assuring him that he will never regret the
investment.--_Christian Intelligencer, N. Y._

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That tender pathos, which could sink so deep--that gentle humor, which
could soar so lightly--that delicate perception, which nothing could
escape--that wide sympathy, which ranged so far--those sweet
moralities, which rang so true; it is indeed hard and sad to feel that
these must be silent for us henceforth forever.

Let us be grateful, however, that we have still those writings of hers
which England will not willingly let die, and that she has given us no
less an e