ESSAYS

PRINTED BY WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS, EDINBURGH.

POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, AND

MISCELLANEOUS

BY

ARCHIBALD ALISON, L.L.D.

AUTHOR OF THE “HISTORY OF EUROPE," ETC.

VOL. III.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS
EDINBURGH AND LONDON

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ACAB

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

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CHATEAUBRIAND, .

VIRGIL, TASSO, AND RAPHAEL, .

GUIZOT,

THE ROMANTIC DRAMA,

WELLINGTON, . .

HUMBOLDT, .

THE BRITISH SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,

SISMONDI,

POLAND,

THE YEAR OF REVOLUTIONS,

BRITISH HISTORY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY,

MADAME DE STAEL, .

M. DE TOCQUEVILLE, ..

AUTOBIOGRAPHY,

MICHELET'S FRANCE,

THE FALL OF ROME,

KARAMSIN'S RUSSIA,

THE HISTORICAL ROMANCE,

THE BRITISH THEATRE,

DIRECT TAXATION, .

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