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Second Edition, with Corrections, in One Volume, crown
8vo. pp. 724, price 78. 6d. cloth.

ENGLISH HISTORY

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD
TO OUR OWN TIMES.

With an Appendix containing Tables of Battles, Sieges, Treaties,
Biography, Colonies, and Contemporary Sovereigns.

Expressly designed to assist Students preparing for
Examination.

THE AUTHOR of this volume having felt the want of a History containing
all the information required by Candidates preparing for the various
Examinations, was induced to undertake the task of compiling the
present work, in which he trusts he has embodied all that can be
required to pass with credit the most searching Examination.

It contains a brief notice of every important historical event; the
Anglo-Saxon government, laws, and institutions; the introduction of
the feudal system; the development of our constitution; and genea-
logical tables showing the connection of the different dynasties.

At the end of each reign the principal discoveries have been briefly
chronicled, and a summary given of Parliamentary proceeding.

The APPENDIX contains chronological tables of battles, sieges, and
treaties; a short biography of every person of note; a list of British
colonies and dependencies, and a table of contemporary sovereigns,
racing the rise of the different European kingdoms.

For easy reference, the most important events have been printed in
'larendon type, and a complete Index given of both text and appendix.

'Every device is employed to help the
emory. Prominent events or names
e printed in larger and blacker type;
ronological tables of battles, sieges,
d treaties are given in an appendix,
th a great deal of other very im-
tant matter.'
MUSEUM.

This is an accurate, full, and well-

arranged text-book-the best we as yet
know. Drawn up by an Instructor of
Candidates for the Civil Service, it is a
commendable preparation in history for
all such candidates; while schoolmasters
and private students cannot fail, with
the most moderate attention, to learn
from it all that they require to know of
the subject. There is a section of i

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