1839. Volume 3 of a 3 volume set. Scottish-born British historian and essayist who was a leading figure in the Victorian era. Contents: Mirabeau; Parliamentary History of the French Revolution; Sir Walter Scott; Chartism; Petition of the Copyright Bill; Corn-Law Rhymes; The Sinking of the Vengeur; Baillie the Covenanter; Dr. Francia; An Election to the Long Parliament; Occasional Discourse on the Nigger Question; Two Hundred and Fifty Years Ago; The Opera; National Exhibition of Scottish Portraits; The Prinzenraub; Inaugural Address at Edinburgh, 2d April, 1866 on Being Installed as Rector of the University There; and Shooting Niagara: and After? See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Volume 2 ISBN 0766187578, Volume 3 ISBN 0766187586.