With Coloured Maps. Pott 8vo. Price 2s. 6d. Historical Course for Schools HISTORY OF ENGLAND BY EDITH THOMPSON London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Britain before the English Conquest; 2. The English in Britain; 3. Conversion of the English to Christianity; 4. The Rise of Wessex; 5. From Æthelstan to the Danish Kings; 6. The Danish Kings; 7. From Edward to the Norman Conquest; 8. The Old-English and Normans; 9. William I.; 10. William II.; II. Henry I.; 12. Stephen; 13. Henry II.; 14. Richard I.; 15. John; 16. Henry III.; 17. Edward I.; 18. Edward II.; 19. Edward III.; 20. Richard II.; 21. Henry IV.; 22. Henry V.; 23. Henry VI.; 24. Edward IV.; 25. Edward V.; 26. Richard III.; 27. Henry VII.; 28. Henry VIII. ; 29. Edward VI.; 30. Mary; 31. Elizabeth; 32. James I.; 33. Charles I.; 34. The Commonwealth; 35. Charles II.; 36. James II.; 37. William and Mary: William III.; 38. Anne; 39. George I.; 40. George II.; 41. George III.; 42. George IV.; 43. William IV.; 44. Victoria. Index. LIST OF MAPS-The British Dominions, 1894; Britain about A.D. 597; The English Empire in the 10th and 11th Centuries; Dominions of the House of Anjou; France after the Treaty of Bretigny, 1360. Athenæum-"This manual is the best sketch of English History for the use of young people we have yet met with." Saturday Review-"This book, small as it is, bears traces in every detail of genuine and careful work. Its technical accuracy and precision is one of its best features. The style of the book is throughout simple and good, and its arrangement is for the most part clear and judicious. In its great accuracy and detail, the book stands far ahead of the general run of school manuals. Its arrangement, too, is clear and its style simple and straightforward." ... Pall Mall Gazette-"Freedom from prejudice, simplicity of style, and accuracy of statement are the characteristics of this little volume. It is a trustworthy text-book and likely to be generally serviceable in schools." Standard.-"We have reason to hold a very high opinion of this admirable history, as from testing it here and there it seems to us to give the learners more distinct and more trustworthy views in its narrative of events, in which distinct and trustworthy views are much wanted, in school histories. Its lessons are well divided, and its style at once compact and attractive." Globe 8vo. Price 3s. First Edition 1887; reprinted 1888, 1890, 1891 (2), 1892 (2), 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899 HISTORY OF ENGLAND FOR BEGINNERS BY ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY (MRS. FISHER) AUTHOR OF "THE FAIRY LAND OF SCIENCE,' A SHORT HISTORY OF WITH COLOURED MAPS AND CHRONOLOGICAL AND London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY "In the small space allowed me in this little book I have tried to set before young readers a connected history of the rise and development of England. While giving as far as possible the chief facts required by students, I have been especially anxious to present a vivid picture of the life, the difficulties, and the achievements of our ancestors; showing how our laws, our constitution, our trade, and our colonies have arisen. If this short sketch opens the way to the study of more comprehensive histories, leading those now growing up into citizens of a widespread empire to take a lively interest in the past, present, and future of our nation, it will have done its work." PRESS OPINIONS Saturday Review "The excellence of a sound method faithfully adhered to is strikingly illustrated by every chapter.. ... The orderly precision and right proportion of this little book deserve warm recognition. Many so-called histories of thrice its bulk do not possess a tenth of its educational utility. The dynastic tables, maps, and other illustrative aids-together with the very useful synopsis of contents-are capital features in the author's scheme." Athenæum-" Mrs. Fisher is the author of various little works calculated to interest and entertain the beginner in science, and the clearness and accuracy of a scientific training have served her in good stead in another field. Her object has been 'to present a vivid picture of the life, the difficulties, and the achievements of our ancestors; showing how our laws, our constitution, and our trade have arisen.' In this aim the author has succeeded. She writes pleasantly, in a simple and unadorned style, without affectation or mannerism. Her statements often show much minute knowledge compressed into a few words, and she not unfrequently adds interesting particulars not usually found in text-books, as when she illustrates Henry VII.'s promotion of trade by telling us that he established an English Consul at Pisa. Her maps are excellent, clear in colour and lettering, and besides the usual maps of England and France she has added others of India, the American Colonies, and Australasia." Westminster Review-" The best feature about Mrs. Fisher's little history is that the descriptions of the state of the nation at different periods, socially and politically, are more simple and intelligible to children than those in any other book, of the kind which we have seen. The style, too, is exceedingly pleasant, and the tables of contents, which form a chronological summary, are admirably put together." Literary World-"It is constructed throughout with a proper regard for the floods of light which writers like Stubbs, and Green, and Freeman have thrown upon our history; and the beginner who uses it will be laying in sound knowledge. Will convey to the young reader an excellent idea of the development of the English people. Altogether we doubt whether it would be possible to find a more satisfactory manual to put into the hands of a beginner." British Weekly-"In little more than 350 pages she has sketched the rise and development of England, and has striven to present a vivid picture of the life, the difficulties, and the achievements of our ancestors; showing how our laws, our constitution, our trade, and our colonies have arisen.' The work could scarcely be better done in the space. Those who have read Miss Buckley's scientific works know her exceptional skill as a teacher. That skill is equally conspicuous here." School Guardian-"One of the best school histories that we have met with, and it is certain to become popular with young students. It is not, as are too many textbooks on this subject, a collection of cut-and-dried isolated statements of fact, but a continuous and intelligible whole." Cameos from English History BY THE AUTHOR OF THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE SERIES I. TO IX. CONTENTS FIRST SERIES.-FROM ROLLO TO EDWARD II. INTRODUCTION.-CAMEO I. Rolf Ganger (900-932).-II. William Longsword and Richard the Fearless (932-996).—III. Youth of the Conqueror (1026-1066).—IV. Earl Godwin (1012-1052).-V. The Two Harolds (1060-1066).-VI. The Norman Invasion (1066).-VII. The Battle of Hastings (1066.)-VIII. The Camp of Refuge (1067-1072).IX. The last Saxon Bishop (1008-1095).-X. The Conqueror (1066-1087). —XI. The Conqueror's Children (1050-1087).—XII. The Crown and the Mitre (1087-1107).-XIII.. The First Crusade (1095-1100).-XIV. The Etheling Family (1010-1159).-XV. The Counts of Anjou (888-1142).XVI. Visitors of Henry I. (1120-1134).-XVII. The Battle of the Standard (1135-1138).-XVIII. The Snows of Oxford (1138-1154).— XIX.-Youth of Becket (1154-1162).—XX. The Constitutions of Clarendon (1163-1172).—XXI. Death of Becket (1166-1172).—XXII. The Conquest of Ireland (1172).-XXIII. The Rebellious Eaglets (1149-1189).-XXIV. The Third Crusade (1189-1193).-XXV. Arthur of Brittany (1187-1206).-XXVI. The Interdict (1207-1214).—XXVII. Magna Charta (1214-1217).-XXVIII. The Fief of Rome (1217-1254).XXIX. The Longespees in the Egyptian Crusades (1219-1254).—XXX. Simon de Montfort (1232-1266).-XXXI. The Last of the Crusaders (1267-1291).-XXXII. The Cymry (B.c. 66-A.D. 1269).—XXXIII. The Last and First Prince of Wales (1194-1284).-XXXIV. The English Justinian (1272-1292).—XXXV. The Hammer of the Scots (1292-1305). -XXXVI. The Evil Toll (1294-1305).-XXXVII. Robert the Bruce (1305-1308).-XXXVIII. The Victini of Blacklow Hill (1307-1313).— XXXIX. Bannockburn (1307-1313).—XL. The Knights of the Temple (1292-1316).-XLI. The Barons' Wars (1310-1327).—XLII. Good King Robert's Testament (1314-1329). SECOND SERIES.-THE WARS IN FRANCE. CAMEO I. The King and the Brewer of Ghent (1330-1345).-II. The Wars in Brittany (1341-1351).-III. The Most Noble Order of the Garter (1329-1346).-IV. The Siege of Calais (1345-1348).-V. The Battle of Poitiers (1348-1365).-VI. The Eagle of Brittany (1350-1366). -VII. The Castilian Brothers (1350-1369).-VIII. The Decline of the English Power (1368-1374).-IX. Sparks of New Light (1370-1376).— X. The Good Parliament (1376-1377).-XI. Death of Du Guesclin (13771380).-XII. King Richard and the Commons (1380-1384).-XIII. The Schism of the West (1378-1392).-XIV. The Plantagenets in Spain (1379-1404).—XV. The Wonderful Parliament and the Merciless Parliament (1368-1387).-XVI. Chevy Chase (1371-1388).-XVII. Thomas of Gloucester (1389-1399).—XVIII. Irish Wars (1270-1399).—XIX. Henry of Lancaster (1399-1400).-XX. Homildon Hill (1390-1402).—XXI. Owain Glyndwyr (1399-1409).-XXII. The Lollards (1401-1417).— XXIII. Prince Hal (1409-1414).-XXIV. Orleans and Burgundy (14001414).-XXV. The Siege of Harfleur (1414).-XXVI. The Field of Agincourt (1415).—XXVII. The Council of Constance (1414-1417).— XXVIII. The Siege of Rouen (1417-1419).-XXIX. The Bridge of Montereau (1419).-XXX. The Treachery of Champtoceaux (1420).— XXXI. The Avenger of France (1420).-XXXII. The Last Campaign (1421-1422).—XXXIII, Dame Jake (1417-1436).—XXXIV. The Parliament of Rats (1424-1426).-XXXV. The Battle of the Herrings (14241429).-XXXVI. The Mission of the Maiden (1429-1431).—XXXVII. The Congress of Arras (1429-1435). THIRD SERIES.-THE WARS OF THE ROSES. CAMEO I. The Noblest of the Stewarts (1423-1437).-II. The Council of Basle (1431-1448).—III. The Reign of the Ecorcheurs (1435-1440).— IV. The Innocent King (1435-1442).-V. Gloucester and Beaufort (14421447).—VI. The Loss of Normandy (1445-1450).—VII. Jack Cade (1450-1451).-VIII. The Red and White Roses (1451-1453).—IX. The Stewart and the Black Douglas (1437-1457).-X. Bishop Reginald Pecock (1443-1464).-XI. The Battle of Castillon (1450-1459).-XII. York and Lancaster (1453-1460).-XIII. How Henry born at Windsor Lost All (1460-1465).-XIV. The Yorkist Weddings (1464-1471).XV. The King-Maker (1467-1471).-XVI. The Bridge of Pecquigny (1472-1477).—XVII. Clarence and Gloucester (1471-1483).—XVIII. Bell the Cat (1466-1482).—XIX. The Princes in the Tower (1483).—XX. The Last Plantagenet (1483-1485).-XXI. Lambert_Simnel (1485-1487).— XXII. Sauchie Burn (1486-1491).-XXIII. The Two Annes (1483-1492). -XXIV. "King Richard IV." (1491-1499).-XXV. Alexander VI. and Savonarola (1484-1499).-XXVI. The Partition of Naples (1493-1502).— XXVII. Chivalry in Italy (1502-1505).—XXVIII. The Spanish and Scottish Marriages (1496-1510).—XXIX. The Dean of St. Paul's and his Friends (1496-1519).-XXX. Julius II. (1506-1513).-XXXI. Flodden Edge (1512-1514).-XXXII. The Battle of the Spurs (1513-1517).— XXXIII. The Pen of Wittenberg (1483-1517).—XXXIV. The Concordat of Bologna (1515-1518).-XXXV. The Choice of the Emperor (15161521).-XXXVI. The Diet of Wurms (1520-1523). FOURTH SERIES.-REFORMATION TIMES. CAMEO I. The Traitor Constable (1520-1527).-II. The Right Triumphant Cardinal (1526-1530).—III. The Cardinal's Fall (1527-1529). IV. The Confession of Augsburg (1523-1532).-V. Royal Supremacy (1529-1534).—VI. The Beginning of Calvinism (1534-1536).—VII. Four Deaths of Queens (1536-1539).-VIII. The Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-1541).-IX. Solway Moss (1526-1542).-X. The Treaty of Crespy (1538-1546).-XI. The Castle of St. Andrews (1543-1549).— XII. The First Sitting at Trent (1545-1549).-XIII. The Two Seymours (1547-1548).-XIV. King Edward's First Prayer Book (1547-1549).— XV. The Second Meeting of the Council of Trent (1549-1553).– XVI. King Edward's Second Prayer Book (1550-1552).-XVII. The Twelfth Day Queen (1552-1553).—XVIII. Wyatt's Rebellion (15531554).-XIX. Our First Explorers (1496-1554).-XX. The Reconciliation with Rome (1554-1555).-XXI. The Influence of Calvinism on the Reformation (1535-1556).-XXII. The Southwark Commission (1555). -XXIII. The Abdication of Charles V. (1555-1557).-XXIV. The |