HISTORICAL HANDBOOKS Edited by OSCAR BROWNING, M.A., FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEge, cambridgE; ASSISTANT-MASTER AT ETON COLLEGE. Small 8vo. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH INSTITUTIONS. By PHILIP V. SMITH, M.A., Barrister-at-Law; Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. 3s. 6d. CONTENTS. PART I. Social and Local Development of the Constitution. PART II. Constituents of the Central Authority. The King-Parliament-The King's Council. PART III. Central Government. Legislation-Judicature-The Executive-Taxation-Chronological Table. Index and Glossary. "It contains in a short compass an amount of information not otherwise accessible to students without considerable research. The chapter on Local Government in particular is well executed. It would be hard to name any other book in which the history of our local institutions, from the Gemots of the first Teutonic settlers down to the County Court, the Local Government Board, and the School Board of our own day, is to be found."-Athenæum. "The style is concise and lucid; the information is full as regards essentials, and extraneous matter is well avoided. It is an excellent treatise for the student who wishes to get a philosophic grasp of perhaps the best institutions, as a whole, that any people or succession of peoples have developed."-Edinburgh Courant. "An admirable compilation of all the most noteworthy facts in our constitutional history, from the earliest times of which we have authentic record, down to the year 1873, and is arranged in a most convenient manner for the student. It is ostensibly intended for the Public Schools, but gentlemen preparing for the English and Indian Civil Services will find its accurate and succinct information of the greatest value." Civil Service Review. "The institutions which make up the English Constitution are here classified under several leading divisions. Our local institutions are traced to their origin, and the various phases of the political development of our central government are traced with remarkable accuracy and precision. The work is not only based upon the most authoritative guides on the subject, but it gives an excellent and exhaustive list of standard authorities. The index, the glossary, and the explanations given of difficult and technical terms will be all found of use by the student. It is an admirable guide, and worthy of our warmest commendation." Standard. "It is emphatically one which ought to find its way into all schools, as an introduction to the more important works of Hallam, May, and Blackstone, and a companion to the histories of England."-Educational Times. "Though, as we have said, the book isa book for students, it is not without its value as a work of reference; for the vast number of subjects treated of are carefully classified and headed in sections, and there is a very good index, which is also a glossary."-School Board Chronicle. LONDON, OXFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE. HISTORICAL HANDBOOKS-continued. HISTORY OF FRENCH LITERATURE. Adapted from the French of M. DEMOGEOT, by C. BRIDGE. 3s. 6d. First Period. THE MIDDLE AGES. Epic Poetry-Lyric Poetry-Clerical Society in the Middle Ages-History in the Second Period. THE RENAISSANCE. Roman Jurisprudence-Moral and Political Philosophy-Oratory-Pamphlets-` Third Period. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. Foreign Influence-Novelists-The Age of Richelieu-The Drama-Philosophy Fourth Period. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. Voltaire-Strife of Doctrines-The Encyclopædists and the Religious Party-Jean- Fifth Period. THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. The First Empire-The Restoration-History and Criticism-Conclusion, "An excellent manual."-Athenæum. "It is clear, idiomatic, and flowing, a good and sufficient handbook."-British "We cannot too highly commend this "Unlike most manuals, it is readable as THE ROMAN EMPIRE. A.D. 395-800. By A. M. CURTEIS, M.A., Assistant-Master at Sherborne School, With Maps. 35. 6d. HISTORY OF MODERN ENGLISH LAW. By Sir ROLAND Knyvet Wilson, Bart., M.A., Barrister-at-Law; [Nearly ready. [HISTORICAL HANDBOOKS—Continued. LONDON, OXFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE. HISTORICAL HANDBOOKS-continued. ENGLISH HISTORY IN THE XIVTH CENTURY. By CHARLES H. PEARSON, M.A., Principal of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and Professor of History in the University of Melbourne. THE GREAT REBELLION. By the EDITOR. HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. [In the Press. By the Rev. J. FRANCK BRIGHT, M.A., Fellow of University College, and Historical Lecturer in Balliol, New, and University Colleges, Oxford; late Master of the Modern School at Marlborough College. THE AGE OF CHATHAM. By Sir W. R. ANSON, Bart., M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, and Vinerian Reader of Law, Oxford. THE AGE OF PITT. By the Same. THE REIGN OF LOUIS XI. By F. WILLERT, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Exeter College, Oxford. THE SUPREMACY OF ATHENS. By R. C. JEBB, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Public Orator of the University. THE ROMAN REVOLUTION. Battle of Actium. From B.C. 133 to the By H. F. PELHAM, M.A., Fellow and Lecturer of Exeter College, Geford. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. By SIR GEORGE YOUNG, BART., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. (See Specimen Page, No. 3) LONDON, OXFORD, AND CAMBRIDGE. The most important and the most difficult point in Historical Teaching is to awaken a real interest in the minds of Beginners. For this purpose concise handbooks are seldom useful. General sketches, however accurate in their outlines of political or constitutional development, and however well adapted to dispel false ideas, still do not make history a living thing to the young. They are most valuable as maps on which to trace the route beforehand and show its direction, but they will seldom allure any one to take a walk. The object of this series of Historical Biographies is to try and select from English History a few men whose lives were lived in stirring times. The intention is to treat their lives and times in some little detail, and to group round them the most distinctive features of the periods before and after those in which they lived. It is hoped that in this way interest may be awakened without any sacrifice of accuracy, and that personal sympathies may be kindled without forgetfulness of the principles involved. 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