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In course of publication, each volume in fcp. 8vo. complete in itself,

EPOCHS OF MODERN HISTORY:

A SERIES OF BOOKS NARRATING THE

HISTORY of ENGLAND and EUROPE

At SUCCESSIVE EPOCHS SUBSEQUENT to the CHRISTIAN ERA.

EDITED BY

E. E. MORRIS, M.A. Lincoln Coll. Oxford;

J. S. PHILLPOTTS, B.C.L. New Coll. Oxford; and
C. COLBECK, M.A. Fellow of Trin. Coll. Cambridge.

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CREIGHTON, and others, could not fail to
give us excellent work.
The style
of the series is, as a general rule, correct
and pure; in the case of Mr. STUBBS it
more than once rises into genuine, simple,
and manly eloquence; and the composi-
tion of some of the volumes displays no
ordinary historical skill.. The Series is
and deserves to be popular.' THE TIMES.

"This striking collection of little volumes is a valuable contribution to the literature of the day, whether for youthful or more mature readers. As an abridgment of several important phases of modern history it has great merit, and some of its parts display powers and qualities of a high order. Such writers, indeed, as Professor STUBBS, Messrs. WARBURTON, GAIRDNER, The BEGINNING of the MIDDLE AGES; Charles the Great and Alfred; the History of England in connexion with that of Europe in the Ninth Century. By the Very Rev. R. W. CHURCH, M.A. &c. Dean of St. Paul's. With 3 Coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d.

The CRUSADES. By the Rev. G. W. Cox, M.A. late Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford; Author of the Aryan Mythology' &c. With a Coloured Map. Price 2s. 6d. The AGE of ELIZABETH. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, M.A. late

Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. 'Notwithstanding the severe compression required, Mr. CREIGHTON has succeeded in presenting a far from unreadable book, which will be of great assistance to the student. Although prominence is given to the history of England, the contemporaneous history of Europe has not been neglected, and the Author has shewn, wherever it was possible, the connexion of events passing in different countries. An impartial view is taken of the causes which led to the rise and progress of the Reformation in Europe, due

With 5 Maps and 4 Genealogical Tables. 2s. 6d. weight being given to the political and social, as well as to the religious element, shewing how by the course of events that great inevitable change was led to adopt the character which it eventually assumed....After all that has been written about the reign of ELIZABETH, Mr. CREIGHTON may be congratulated in having produced an epitome which is valuable, not only to the student, but to all who are in any degree interested in the history of that period.'

ACADEMY.

The HOUSES of LANCASTER and YORK; with the CONQUEST and LOSS of FRANCE. BY JAMES GAIRDNER, of the Public Record Office; Editor of The Paston Letters' &c. With 5 Coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d. 'This series of Epochs of History is one of the most useful contributions to school literature within our knowledge. The division of our national history into portions is an assistance to its acquisition as a whole; and each portion forms a definite amount of work adapted to a definite portion of the school year. The chief merit of these little volumes, however, is to be found in their authorship. It is to borrow their title-an epoch in the history of school histories, when, as in this series, we find amongst their Authors a few eminent historians. The writer of the volume on the Wars of the Roses is distinguished by his researches into the close of the period of which it treats, and by his publication of Papers illustrative of the reigns of Richard III. and Henry VII. The treatment which the whole of this period receives in this short volume

is very admirable. What is chiefly required in compiling such a book is the art of leaving out. Selections must be made of the persons to be described and of the events to be narrated, and this involves a large knowledge besides a discriminating judgment. Mr. GAIRDNER says the age of the Wars of the Roses is towards its close one of the most obscure in English history. But it is one that a schoolboy thinks he knows best. The invasion of France by HENRY V. and the struggles of two Kings with WARWICK, have such a dramatic interest, and stand out so prominently, that the social condition of the people is lost sight of. This Epoch is published opportunely, as the subject is, in part at least, prescribed for the next middle-class examination. It will be found well adapted to class work, and useful for its preparation. NONCONFORMIST.

London, LONGMANS & CO.

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