Part 53

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HISTORY OF THE POPES. By LEOPOLD RANKE. Including their Church and State, the Re-organization of the Inquisition, the Rise, Progress, and Consolidation of the Jesuits, and the means taken to effect the Counter-reformation in Germany, to revive Romanism in France, and to suppress Protestant Principles in the South of Europe. Translated from the last edition of the German by WALTER K. KELLY, of Trinity College, Dublin.

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EMBASSIES AND FOREIGN COURTS. A History of Diplomacy. By THE ROVING ENGLISHMAN. The Second Edition.

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Transcriber's notes:

Differences in accents/spelling are results of the usage of English and French texts (e.g. 'extreme' and 'extrême').

Text in italics is marked as _ ... _ Bold text is marked as = ... =

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected, but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unchanged.