OF CHARLES THE SEC WITH Sketches of his Court and T BY J. W. CLAYTON, ESQ., AUTHOR OF "LETTERS FROM THE NILE," "UBIQUE," IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: CHARLES J. SKEET, PUBLIS] CHARING CROSS. 1859. COL GIFT 814-89 576-8433 PREFACE. ENCOURAGED by the great success of his former Works—the results of his experience in other lands-which he deemed might serve to amuse an idle hour, the Author has been induced to resume his pen. But he decided to pursue a very different path of literature. After due reflection, he considered that History presented a very wide and fertile field, worthy of the contemplation, not only of the biographer, but also of every intelligent being who has any desire to know what has occurred in past ages; and more |
