THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, KNIGHT, Founder of the Royal Exchange; including Notices of many of his contemporaries, by JOHN WILLIAM BURGON. Now offered, for a limited time, at the very reducel price of 15s., In two handsome large octavo volumes, embellished with a fine portrait, and twenty-nine other engravings, Elegantly bound in Cloth, and recently published at £1. 108. SIR THOMAS GRESHAM lived in the reigns of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, Mary, and Elizabeth,-Reigns, not exceeded in interest by any period of our history; and never was a man's life more actively and usefully spent in benefitting the land of his birth, and enriching its metropolis. Commerce in particular then made a gigantic stride, of which he was by no means an inactive spectator, and has been not inaptly styled the "Great Patriarch of Commerce and Commercial Finance." With a liberality truly patriotic, he erected for the convenience of Merchants, the ROYAL EXCHANGE; and in addition to his other extensive Charities, founded and endowed Seven Lectureships, for the Gratuitous instruction of the CITIZENS OF LONDON in the seven liberal Sciences. Memoirs of so eminent an individual should therefore possess attractions alike to the Student in History, the Antiquary, and the Merchant; while it is but reasonable to expect that the name of Sir Thomas Gresham is sufficiently well known in this great metropolis, to make its citizens anxious to possess further knowledge of his character and personal history; inore particularly when it is pro. duced in such an elegant style, and at such a price, as is almost incredible even in these days of cheap literature. It is therefore confidently presumed, that at the very low price at which this Splendid Book is now offered, few Merchants, Bankers, or Members of the Corporation of the City of London, will be without it. "These are two magnificent volumes in regard to size, illustration, and typogra phy; nor are their literary contents unworthy their external splendour, or the fame of the distinguished merchant to whose biography they are devoted. In its present shape the work will form an indispensable adjunct to the libraries of all citizens of London. The illustrations comprise the authentic portrait of Sir Thomas Gresham; the School House at Holt, in Norfolk, formely the residence of the Gresham family; the English-house at Antwerp, erected by him; Intwood-hall, Norfolk, the residence of Sir Thomas Gresham ; and a variety of wood engravings and initial letters executed in a very tasteful and effective manner."-United Service Gazette. EXERCISES, POLITICAL AND OTHERS. By LIEUT. COLONEL T. PERRONET THOMPSON. Consisting of matter previously published with and without the 18, Bishopsgate Street Within. |