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work which bears the following title,--"The spirit of enthusiasm exorcised in a sermon preach'd before the university of Oxford, &c. The fourth edition, much enlarg'd. By George Hickes, D.D. With two discourses occasioned by the New Prophets pretensions to inspiration and miracles: the first, the History of Montanism, by a lay-gentleman; the other, the new pretenders to prophecy examin'd. By N. Spinckes, a presbyter of the Church of England. London, 1709," 8vo.

HISTORY (the) of Mother Shipton; containing an account of her strange and unnatural conception, her birth, life, actions and death: the correspondence she held with the devil, and many strange and wonderful things perform'd by her. Together with all the predictions and prophecies that have been made by her, and since fulfilled from the reign of King Henry the VII. to the third year of the late deceased sovereign lady Queen Ann : with several not yet fulfilled, apparently shewing the downfall of the late French king, and the happy condition of these kingdoms under her late majesty's successful and prosperous reign. [By Richard HEAD.Prosperou

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N. P. N. D. Quarto. Pp. 20. [Bodl.] HISTORY (the) of Mr. John Welsh minister of the gospel at Aire. [By James KIRKTON, minister at Edinburgh.]

Edinburgh, 1703. Quarto. Pp. 34.* [Wodrow's Correspondence, iii. 175.]

HISTORY (the) of my pets. By Grace Greenwood. [Sarah Jane CLARKE, afterwards Mrs Lippincott.] Illustrated with four engravings.

London: MDCCCLIII. Octavo. Pp. 80. b. t.*

HISTORY (the) of Napoleon Buonaparte.

[By John Gibson LOCKHART.] With engravings on steel and wood. Two volumes.

London: MDCCCXXIX. Octavo.* HISTORY (a) of New-England. From the English planting in the yeere 1628. untill the yeere 1652. Declaring the forme of their government, civill, military, and ecclesiastique.

Their wars with the Indians, their troubles with the Gortonists, and other heretiques. Their manner of gathering of churches, the commodities of the country, and description of the principall towns and havens, with the great encouragements to increase trade

betwixt them and Old England. With the names of all their governours, magistrates, and eminent ministers. [By Capt. Edward JOHNSON.]

London, 1654. Quarto. Pp. 2. b. t. 239.1 [Bodl.] Address to the reader signed T. H. HISTORY (the) of New South Wales. [By O'HARA.]

London: 1817. Octavo.*

HISTORY (a) of New York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam: being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been published. By Diedrich Knickerbocker, author of the Sketch Book. [Washington IRVING.] A new edition.

London: 1820. Octavo. Pp. 520.* HISTORY of nonconformity in Warminster. [By H. M. GUNN.]

London: 1853. Octavo. Pp. 68.* [Ol phar Hamst, p. 59.] The dedication is signed H. M. G. A woodcut of Horningsham Chapel on the title-page.

HISTORY (the) of Nourjahad. By the editor of Sidney Bidulph. [By Mrs Frances SHERIDAN, née Chamberlaine.] London; MDCCLXVII. Octavo. Pp. 240. b. t.* [Biog. Dram.]

HISTORY (the) of Oliver Cromwel : being an impartial account of all the battles, sieges, and other military atchievements, wherein he was ingaged, in England, Scotland and Ireland. And likewise, of his civil administrations while he had the supream government of these three kingdoms, till his death. Relating only matters of fact, without reflection or observation. By R. B. [Richard BURTON.]

London, 1692. Duodecimo. Pp. 2. b. t. 176.* [Bodl.]

HISTORY (the) of Ophelia. Published by the author of David Simple. [Sarah FIELDING.] In two volumes. London MDCCLX. : Duodecimo.*

HISTORY (the) of Oswestry from the earliest period; its antiquities and customs with a short account of the neighbourhood. Collected from various

authors, with much original information. [By William PRICE.]

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Oswestry [1815.] Octavo.* [Upcott, iii. 1143.]

HISTORY (the) of our customs, aids, subsidies, national debts, and taxes. From William the Conqueror, to the present year MDCCLXI. Part I [-IV.] [By Timothy CUNNINGHAM.] London: MDCCLXI. Octavo.*

The 3d. ed., 1778, has the author's name. HISTORY of our own times. By the author of "The court and times of Frederick the Great." [Thomas CAMPBELL.] [In two volumes.] London 1843. Duodecimo.* HISTORY (the) of our Saviour Jesus Christ, related in the words of Scripture. Containing, in order of time, all the events and discourses recorded in the four evangelists. With some short notes for the help of ordinary readers. [By John LOCKE.]

London: 1705. Octavo. [Crit. Rev., lv. 474.]

HISTORY_(the) of passive obedience since the Reformation. [By Abednego SELLER.]

Amsterdam: 1689. Quarto. Pp. 12. 135.* [Bodl.]

HISTORY (the) of Poland. In one volume. [By Samuel Astley DUNHAM.] London: 1831. Octavo. Pp. xix. 324.1 HISTORY (the) of Poland, from its origin as a nation to the commencement of the year 1795. To which is prefixed, an accurate account of the geography and government of that country, and the customs and manners of its inhabitants. [By Stephen JONES.]

Dublin 1795. Octavo. Pp. vii. 3. 500. 15.* [Watt, Bib. Brit.]

HISTORY (the) of Polybius, the Megalopolitan; containing a general account of the transactions of the world and principally of the Roman people during the first and second Punick wars, &c. Translated by Sir H. S. [Henry SHEARS.] To which is added, a Character of Polybius and his writings, by Mr Dryden. In three volumes. London 1693-8. Octavo. [W.] HISTORY (the) of Pompey the Little; or, the life and adventures of a lap-dog. [By Francis COVENTRY.]

London 1751. Duodecimo.* [Lowndes,
Bibliog. Man.]

HISTORY (the) of Pudica [Miss Sotherton], a lady of N-rf-lk. With an account of her five lovers; viz. Dick Merryfellow, Count Antiquary [Mr. Earle], Young Squire Fog [Mr. Hare, Jun.], of Dumplin-Hall, Jack Shadwell of the Lodge [Mr Buxton], and Miles Dinglebob, of Popgun-hall, Esq; [Mr Branthwait]. Together with Miss Pudica's sense of the word Eclaircissement, and an epithalamium on her nuptials, by Tom Tenor, clerk of the parish. To the tune of, Green grow the rushes o'. By William Honeycomb, Esq; [Richard GARDINER.]

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HISTORY (the) of Richmond, in the county of York; including a description of the Castle, Friary, EasebyAbbey, and other remains of antiquity in the neighbourhood. [By Christopher CLARKSON.]

Richmond: 1814. Duodecimo. Pp. 436.* The above is superseded by "The history of Richmond in the county of York," published in 1821, with the author's name. HISTORY of Rome : from the building of the city to the ruin of the republic. For the use of schools and young persons. By Edward Baldwin, author of "The history of Greece," &c. [William GODWIN.] A new edition, revised and improved with questions, by W. S. Kenny, author of " Why and because," and numerous school publica

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HISTORY (the) of Rome, from the foundation of the city by Romulus, to the death of Marcus Antoninus. In three volumes. By the author of the History of France, in three volumes octavo. [Rev. Charles HEREFORD.] London. 1792. Octavo.* [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man.]

Ascribed to Rev. John Adams. [Watt, Bib. Brit.]

HISTORY (the) of St Andrews.

[By

William Barclay David Donald TURN-
BULL.] [Reprinted from the Dublin
Review.]

N. P. [1844] Octavo. Pp. 16.* HISTORY (a) of Sammy's bed not of down, nor a turn down, though it turned out down at last. Drawn by himself. [Charles HAWKER, of the Ordnance Office.]

London: 1857. Octavo. [W]

HISTORY (the) of Sandford and Merton, a work intended for the use of children. [By Thomas DAY.] [In three volumes.] The fifth edition corrected. London: MDCCXC. Duodecimo.* HISTORY (the) of Scotch-presbytery: being an epitome of The hind let loose, by Mr. Shields. With a preface by a presbyter of the Church of Scotland. [Alexander MONRO, D.D.]

London, MDCXCII. Quarto. Pp. 55.* HISTORY (the) of sin and heresie attempted, from the first war that they rais'd in heaven: through their various successes and progress upon earth: to the final victory over them, and their eternal condemnation in hell. In some meditations upon the feast of St. Michael and all angels. [By Charles LESLIE.]

London : 1698. Quarto. Pp. 60.* HISTORY (the) of Sir Charles Grandison. In a series of letters published from the originals, by the editor of Pamela and Clarissa. In seven [Samuel RICHARDSON.] volumes. To the last of which is added, an historical and characteristical index. As also, a brief history, authenticated by original letters, of the treatment which the editor has met with from certain booksellers and printers in Dublin; including observa

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HISTORY (the) of Sr. Francis Drake. Exprest by instrumentall and vocall musick, and by art of perspective in Rescenes, &c. The first part. presented daily at the cockpit in DruryLane at three after-noon punctually. [By Sir William DAVENANT.]

London, 1659. Quarto. Pp. 37. b. t.* [Brit. Mus.]

HISTORY (the) of Sir George Ellison. [By Sarah SCOTT.] In two volumes. London: MDCCLXVI. Duodecimo.* [Brydges, Cens. Lit., iv. 292.]

HISTORY (the) of Sir John Perrott, Knight of the Bath, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. [Published from the original MS., written about the latter end of the reign of Q. Elizabeth, by Richard RAWLINSON.]

London: 1728. Octavo. [W., Lowndes,
Bibliog. Man., p. 1834.]

HISTORY (the) of Sir Thomas Thumb. By the author of "The heir of Redclyffe," ""Heartsease," "The little duke," &c. &c. [Charlotte Mary YONGE.] Illustrated by J. B.

Edinburgh: 1855. Octavo. [W] HISTORY (the) of Sir William Harrington. Written some years since, and revised and corrected by the late Mr. Richardson: now first published. [By Thomas HULL.] In four volumes. London: 1771. Duodecimo. [Biog. Dram. Watt. Mon. Rev., xliv. 262.]

HISTORY (the) of Spain and Portugal. [By Samuel Astley DUNHAM, LL.D.] In five volumes.]

London: 1832, 1833. Octavo.*
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia.

HISTORY (the) of Spain, from the establishment of the colony of Gades by the Phoenicians, to the death of Ferdinand, surnamed the Sage. By the author of the History of France. [Rev. Charles HEREFORD.] In three vols.

London: 1793. Octavo. [Lowndes, Bib-
liog. Man.]

Ascribed to Rev. J. Adams. [Watt, Bib.
Brit.]

HISTORY (the) of Switzerland. [By
John WILSON.]

London: 1832. Duodecimo. [W.]
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia.

HISTORY (the) of the Abbey Church of
St. Peter's, Westminster, its antiquities
and monuments. [By William COMBE.]
In two volumes.

London: MDCCCXII. Quarto.* [Gent.
Mag., May 1852, p. 467.]

HISTORY (the) of the Apostles creed : with critical observations on its several articles. The second edition. [By Sir Peter KING, Lord Chancellor Ockham.] London, 1703. Octavo. Pp. 415.* [Darling, Cyclop. Bibl.]

HISTORY (a) of the art of engraving

in mezzotinto, from its origin to the present times, including an account of the works of the earliest artists. [By James CHELSUM, D.D.]

Winchester: M, DCC, LXXXVI. Duodecimo.* [Lowndes, Bibliog. Man.]

HISTORY of the Azores, or Western Islands; containing an account of the government, laws, and religion, the manners, ceremonies, and character of the inhabitants, and demonstrating the importance of these valuable islands to the British Empire. [By Capt. Thomas ASHE.] Illustrated by maps and other engravings.

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London 1813. Quarto.* [N. and Q., Oct. 1868, p. 341.]

Signed T. A. Captain Light Dragoons. HISTORY (the) of the Bible. Translated from the French [of David MARTIN] by R. G. [Richard GOUGH] jur. in 1746.

London: 1747. Folio. Pp. 612. Table, 2 leaves; at the end of which is printed, "Done at twelve years and a half old." [W., Martin's Cat.]

HISTORY (the) of the Bohemian persecution, from the beginning of their conversion to Christianity in the year 894. to the year 1632. Ferdinand the 2 of Austria, reigning. In which the unheard of secrets of policy, counsells, arts, and dreadful judgements are exhibited. [By Joh. Amos COMENIUS.] London MDCL. Octavo. Pp. 5. b. t. 376.* [Bodl.]

HISTORY (the) of the campagnes in 1548 and 1549. Being an exact account of the martial expeditions perform'd in those days by the Scots and French on the one side, and by the

English and their foreign auxiliaries on the other. Done in French, under the title of, The Scots war, &c by Monsieur Beague, [sic] a French gentleman. Printed at Paris in the year 1556. With an introductory preface by the translator. [Patrick ABERCROMBY.] Printed in the year, M. DCC. VII. Pp. lxxi. 128.* [Watt, Bib. Brit.] "The Preface was written by Mr. Crawford, our historiographer, now dead. The translator lies in saying it was his owne, but poor Crawford was dead."-MS. note in Dr David Laing's copy.

Octavo.

HISTORY (the) of the Caribby-Islands, viz. Barbados, St. Christophers, St. Vincents, Martinico, Dominico, Barbouthos, Monserrat, Mevis, Antego, &c. in all XXVIII. In two books. The first containing the natural; the second, the moral history of those islands. Illustrated with several pieces of sculpture, representing the most considerable rarities therein described. With a Caribbean - Vocabulary. [By Charles Caesar de ROCHEFORT.] Rendered into English by John Davies of Kidwelly.

London, 1666. Folio. Pp. 6. b. t. 351.
15.* [Barbier, Dict.]

Abeille says the true author is Louis de
Poincy.

HISTORY (the) of the castle and town of Knaresbrough; with remarks on Spofforth, Rippon, Aldborough, Boroughbridge, Ribston, &c. [By Ely HARGROVE.]

Knaresbrough. 1769. Octavo.*

The third edition, published in 1782, has the author's name.

HISTORY (the) of the Cathedral Church of Durham. [By C. HUNTER.] Second edition.

Durham: [1733.] Duodecimo. [Brit. Mus.] HISTORY (the) of the Chancery; relating to the judicial power of that court, and the rights of the masters. [By Samuel BURROUGHS.]

London: 1726. Duodecimo.*

HISTORY of the Christmas festival, the new year, and their peculiar customs. [By George NEWCOMB.]

Westminster M,DCCC, XLIII. Duodecimo. Pp. 72.* [Bodl.]

Presentation copy from the author. HISTORY of the church and parish of St. Cuthbert, or West Kirk of Edinburgh. By the author of the Histories

of the Reformation, Christian Church, &c. [William SIME.]

Edinburgh: 1829. Duodecimo.* [Adv. Lib.]

HISTORY (the) of the Church of Great Britain, from the birth of our Saviour, until the year of our Lord, 1667. With an exact succession of the bishops, and the memorable acts of many of them. Together with an addition of all the English cardinals; and the several orders of the English monks, friars, and nuns, in former ages. [By W. GEAVES.] London, 1675. Quarto. Pp. 12. b. t. 441. 16.* [Bodl.]

Ascribed to George Geeves. [Adv. Lib.] HISTORY of the church, parish, and manor of Howden. [By Thomas CLARKE.]

Howden: MDCCCL.

Octavo. Pp. 88. [Boyne's Yorkshire Library, p. 171.] HISTORY (a) of the Churches in England and Scotland, from the Reformation to this present time. By a clergyman. [James MURRAY.] [In three volumes.] Newcastle upon Tyne: 1771. Octavo.* [Sig. Lib.]

HISTORY (the) of the civil war in America, Vol I. Comprehending the campaigns of 1775, 1776, and 1777. By an officer of the army. [Capt. HALL.] 1780. Octavo. [Rich, Bib. Amer.,i. 283.] No more published.

HISTORY (the) of the civil wars in Germany, from the year 1630 to 1635: also, genuine memoirs of the wars of England, in the unhappy reign of Charles the First; containing the whole history of those miserable times, until the king lost his head on the scaffold, in the memorable year 1648. Written by a Shropshire gentleman, who personally served under the king of Sweden, in Germany; and on the royal side, during the unhappy contests in England. [By Daniel DEFOE.]

Newark 1782. Octavo. Pp. vii. 376.*
The above work was edited by E. Staveley;
and is generally known as MEMOIRS of a
Cavalier, &c., q.v.

HISTORY (the) of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton, and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free - school of Christ's Hospital. [By William COMBE?]

London: M. DCCC.XVI. Quarto.*

HISTORY of the colonization of the free states of antiquity, applied to the present contest between Great Britain and her American colonies. With reflections concerning the future settlement of these colonies. [By William BARRON.]

Quarto.*

London: M, DCC, LXXVII. [M'Cull. Lit. Pol. Econ., p. 90.] HISTORY of the common law of England. Written by a learned hand. [Sir Matthew HALE.]

In the Savoy: 1713. Octavo. [Brit. Mus.] HISTORY (the) of the convocation of the prelates and clergy of the province of Canterbury, summon'd to meet at the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, on February 6. 1700. Faithfully drawn from the journal of the upper, and from the narrative and minutes of the lower-house. [By White KENNETT, D.D.]

London: 1702. Quarto. Pp. xxxii. 12. 252.* [Bodl.]

HISTORY of the Covenanters of Scotland. By the author of the Histories of the Reformation, Christian Church, &c. [William SIME.] [In two volumes.] Edinburgh M.DCCC.XXX. Duodecimo.* [Adv. Lib.]

HISTORY (the) of the damnable popish plot in its various branches & progress. Published for the satisfaction of the present and future ages, by the authors of the Weekly pacquet of advice from Rome. [By Henry CARE.]

London 1680. Octavo.*

HISTORY (the) of the desertion, or an account of all the publick affairs in England, from the beginning of September 1688. to the twelfth of February following. With an answer to a piece [by Jeremy Collier] call'd The desertion discussed: in a letter to a country gentleman. By a person of quality. [Edmund BOHUN.] [In two parts.]

London, MDCLXXXIX. Quarto. Pp. 4. b. t. 168.*

HISTORY of the early Church from the first preaching of the Gospel to the council of Nicea. For the use of young persons. By the author of Amy Herbert.' [Élizabeth Missing SEWELL.]

London 1859. Duodecimo. Pp. viii. 2. 383.*

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