On the First of August, 1846, will be published, price One Shilling, THE SECOND PART OF THE COMIC HISTORY OF OF ENGLAND. BY GILBERT ABBOTT à BECKETT. WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY JOHN LEECH. IN announcing a Comic History of England it may be necessary to observe that the levity implied in the title will relate to the manner, but by no means to the matter of the work, which will be collected with the gravest regard to the truth and accuracy that the subject requires. The aim of the writer will be to present a faithful narrative, for which the best authorities will be most carefully consulted, and to serve it up to the reader in a more palatable form than has hitherto been thought compatible with the dignity of history. There is not the smallest intention to sacrifice fidelity to fun in the forthcoming production, which is designed to show that the utile et dul-are not inseparable. The advantages of blending amusement with instruction are universally allowed; and there is an end to the once favourite fallacy, that food for the mind requires the uninviting flavour of physic. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND will not be a mere abridgment of any other work, nor will it follow servilely in the steps of any former historian. The Author does not aspire to walk in the gigantic shoes of Hume, the easy slippers of Smollett, the goloshes of Goldsmith, or the pumps of Pinnock. In literature the shoes of another are too apt to prove clogs to the party attempting to make his way in a chaussure for which he was never fitted. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND will, therefore, be an entirely original composition, the materials for which will be derived from a consultation of all the best histories already in existence, whose accuracy will be tested by direct reference to the most undoubted authorities. The chief purpose of this preliminary announcement is, to guard the public against any misconception of the intended character of the work on account of its title. A narrative may, it is hoped, be correct as well as comie; for, as "truth is stranger than fiction," history is sometimes much more ludicrous than the fancies of the humorist. The purpose of the work being explained, it remains only to announce the form of publication. It will appear in Monthly Parts, price ONE SHILLING each, handsomely printed in octavo, and copiously illustrated by JOHN LEECH, with ONE LARGE ETCHING, AND FROM SIX TO TWELVE WOOD ENGRAVINGS. THE COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND will comprise from Twelve to Twenty Parts, and will appear regularly with the monthly Magazines until its completion. PUBLISHED AT THE "PUNCH'S OFFICE, yes, FLEET STREET! JERROLD'S MAGAZINE ADVERTISER. WORKS BY DOUGLAS JERROLD. In foolscap 8vo, price 4s. 6d., THE CHRONICLES OF CLOVERNOOK; with some Account of the Hermit of Bellyfulle. 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