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    From the same . —' History of the Thirty Years War / by Anton Gindely , Professor of German

    History ^ Mental by ppp ^^ ^ . ^ i Andrew ^» ^^ M ^^ " Philosop ^^^^ in ^ ¦ ^^^ the b - ^ Ten ^ —— ' University h h ^ ^ y ~ J Brook in ^~ the ^^ " ^ ^^ , University ^^ of " ^ formerly ^^ " ^ " ¦¦ ^^ Prague W ^^ ^^™ ¦ ^ ^ . ^^ m . of Professor - ^^ Translated Michigan ^^^^^ iM ^^ ^^^ K ^ V ^¦ tf ^ k *^^^^^* of , V

    ¦ with an introductory and a concluding chapter by the translator . Two volumes , with twenty-eight illustrations and two maps . The original edition

    of this important work was published in Germany as a contribution to the series entitled ' The Knowledge of the Present Time / the —— purpose - ~— ¦¦¦ 1 ¦ ^ 1 of

    I which ^— is ^^ to —^^ present — — to the culture — v — ~ - -m ^ m — d classes ^^ m ~ — v ^^ , ^^ in ^^ p > a ^^^ popular and attractive style , the results of those recent investigations which would otherwise have

    remained more or less unavailable in the scien-I I tific Professor forms in Gindel which divides specialists his have work stated into them three . y

    I chief sections : in the first he describes the I events which gave immediate occasion to the I outbreak of the Thirty Years' War ; in the

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    a instantl came came new upon UDOn book y resolved . the the Before first first to translate volume volume he had of of it this this instead leted work work of , his writing and svr \ task A he Jia I with the first volume the second comp > and 4 vpj third Bh 0 were

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    the intricate history of the Thirty Years will as render a preface him cordial to the PP introductory « Pb thanks PPIprpppj . p ^ pr Vj ^^^ We « . ^ chapter have however a brief ,

    sketch - w 4 —~ ~ — ¦ " ^ ^ of " " ^ ^ fe the ^ _ ^ « author ^ ^^ > ¦ * ^ pr ' s life ^ pt ^^ . ^ k . , ^^ which -pi m ^ ^ P ^ will PPP PJW > ^ ^^ ^ V ^ ^ add ^ pfpf ph , * ^ much P ^^ ^^ ^ ^ p ^ to the reader ' s admiration for his noble work . Professor Gindely M who ~ - ¦¦ was ~ - born ¦ in Prague w in PPPPT

    gain ^ unable 1829 ^^— , his — was to education — aid — the — — — his son — —r ^ , son entirel ' — of — , —~ a thus » - y ^ day ^ m —^ by ¦ - ^ ' ^^ - leaving m r- labourer ~* his - ^ ^ — — ^— —^ own - ^ ^ ^ — — » —— ^ - — the ' ¦— ^^^ pp who industry ^ ^^ ^ - — ^^ ^ ^ " ^ f ^ ^ boy ^ ^ V ^^^ « ^ — ^ ^ ^ » ^ was ^ , V pr ppp > ^ to ^ ^ , m ^ «

    the hours which he spent in teaching others givin for himself g him . the means At twenty of gaining -four years further of education age he I

    gamed Gained a a science science scholarship scholarshm at afc Prague Pratmft which -wrliiftn gave science him — , and - a but — — good — - - ^— three — - position — — —^*~ months — ¦ - ^» - h i ¦ in ~^^ r ^^^^^ r ~ the later ^^— ^^^*— ^^ ^ ^ ^^^ local he —— - ^** - ^^ - was ^ s ^^^ r chool ^ pr called ~^^ r ~^^^^ h ^ v ^ PB ^ pf of ^ P *^ PV j | 1

    to an Adjunct Professorship in the University of ¦' history Olmutz ^^ . of Bohemi Here — — — - his — a - , ^ p especiall studies -- »— ^ p ~ - - ^ - ^^ — ' y ^^ were j on ^^ - ^^ ~ - ^ m- its m h directed ^ ' ^ ¦ reli —^ " - ^^— ^— gious ^^^¦ ^ K ^^» - ^^ " to side ^^ v ^^^ the ^^ i ^ p ^ ^ p- , ^ h * ( _^ and his 1 * first 4 % *! J V j ¦ *^* pr M TT * 1 pf"f * % . » ¦

    * literary work was * The History * of the j Bohemian Brethren / in two volumes . He then carried forward his studies and produced a work in

    two . i volumes 1 entitled ___ x *^ . i _ j ' Rudolf t > i . i » II -r r . and His tt ! „ Time m » / ' which involved a laborious research into the ' State papers not only of Austriabut of the

    gation full ^ German —^ — ^ " ™ ¦ y m furnished — ^^—^^ of ™ ^^ - States ^^^ ~~ > n ^ the p' ^^^^^ •^^* ~*^^ , treasures ^ for m and - * ^^ v ^ ^ - ^ v the ^ p > ^ w extended ^ v ^ pr enterprise - ^^* ^^^ m of p ^ p ^^ ^^^ p the Mtpv ^ pi ^ even ¦> >^ y ^ pr Vati , ph he pp ^ p ^ to , can commence ^ p an 1 ^^^ ^ . ^^ ^^^ investi ^» ^^^ pj ^ pi Thus ^ p ^ p | ^^^ ^ p ^ r d ^ PfP - ¦ ' : ¦

    his ' History of the Thirty Years' War , ' which has already reached its fourth volume , bringing the record from 1612 to 1623 h and h the progress

    of — which he interrupted — — - ^— — — —r- in — ' - ~— order ' , j — - ~^ to — - ^— produce m- ^ m ^ r ^^ m - ^^ r p ^^ ^ - ^^ ^ P ^ p ^^ PB this —^^ ^^^ W ^^ ^^^ minor but not less useful book for more general reading . As twenty thousand copies of the

    the original book Germ in its an Eng edition lish have dress alread scarcel y y been needs sold an , introduction to the reading publicwith whom it

    is sure to win favour . , From Messrs . Smith , Elder , & Co . —* Mrs . Browning ' s Select Poetry , ' first and second series ,

    new editions . The preface to the first of these collections is dated nearly nineteen years ago , I and is signed 11 ' K . B . ' We .. _ can _ — hardl __ ., _„ _„ - y do — better __ __

    —than reproduce , ^ it here : — ' It has been attempted _ ' to retain and to dispose the characteristics of , the general poetry , whence this is an abstract ,

    the accord prominency ing to an order and effect which they should seem allow to possess them , ' when considered in the larger , not exclusively the !

    such lesser subordinate and , works such b of y chords the distribution poet are . A repeated , musician so that , others mi a ght sing made say le , [ U

    movement may imitate the progress of the whole lating symphony up to . and But connecting there ¦ are various t any ~ m given ¦ ways harmonies of modu- ;

    and w —m ^^¦ — ipp ^™ - ^^ pT it ^^ V . ^^^^ will pT ^^^ ^^ be ^^^^^ ^^ " ^^» neither ¦ " ^ pv ^^^ v ¦¦ ^^ ~^ r ^^^ a ^ ^^— ^ surprise - ^^^^— ^^^^ m nor a pain — ~^^ that ~ ~~ ^ p ^ better could have been done , as to both selection and sequence , than , in the 'present case , all care

    and the profoundest . — - — . — veneration _—__— were __— able to do . db

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), July 1, 1884, page 619, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01071884/page/11/