There is also a beautiful portrait of the Queen, and a richly illuminated title-page such as only the Harpers can get up--_National Magazine._ * * * * * %Queen Elizabeth.% Full of instructive and heart-stirring incident, displayed by the hand of a master.

We doubt whether old Queen Bess ever before had so much justice done to her within the same compass.

Such a pen as Jacob Abbott wields, especially in this department of literature, has no right to lie still--_Albany Express_.
* * * * * %Charles the First.% We incline to think that there never was before so much said about this unfortunate monarch in so short a space; so much to the purpose; with so much impartiality; and in such a style as just suits those for whom it is designed--the "two millions" of young persons in the United States, who ought to be supplied with such works as these.

The engravings represent the prominent persons and places of the history, and are well executed.

The portrait of John Hampden is charming.