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

As an

'This striking collection of little volumes is a valuable contribution to the literature of the day, whether for youthful or more mature readers. 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, 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 composition of some of the volumes displays no ordinary historical skill. . . . The series is and deserves to be popular.'

THE TIMES, Jan. 2, 1877.

Ten Volumes now published:-
:-

The ERA of the PROTESTANT REVOLUTION. By F. SEEBOHM, Author of 'The Oxford Reformers-Colet, Erasmus, More. With 4 Coloured Maps and 12 Diagrams on Wood. Price 2s. 6d.

'Mr. SEEBOHM's Era of the Protestant Revolution shows an admirable mastery of a complex subject; it abounds in sound and philosophic thought, and as

a composition it is very well ordered..
This volume, in short, is of the greatest
merit.'
THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

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 earliest period, in point of time, is that of the Crusades, of which we have a summary from the accomplished pen of the well-known Author of one of The

the best and latest histories of Greece. Mr. Cox's narrative is flowing and easy, and parts of his work are extremely good.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2. 1618-1648.

By

THIRTY YEARS' WAR,
SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, late Student of Ch. Ch. Author of 'History
of England from the Accession of James I. to the Disgrace of Chief Justice
Coke &c. With a Coloured Map. Price 25. 6d.

"The narrative-a singularly perplexing task-is on the whole remarkably clear, and the Author gives us a wellwritten summary of the causes that led to the great contest, and of the most

striking incidents that marked its pro-
gress. Mr. GARDINER'S judgments,
too, are usually just.
The Author,
we should add, is very skilful in his de-
lineation of historical characters.'
THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

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.

Mr. GAIRDNER'S Epoch, Lancaster and York,' is usually correct and sensible,

and the conclusions of the Author are just and accurate.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

EDWARD the THIRD. By the Rev. W. WARBURTON, M.A. late Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Her Majesty's Senior Inspector of Schools. With 3 Coloured Maps and 3 Genealogical Tables. Price 2s. 6d. extremely well the spirit and genius of that chivalric age.'

"This Epoch is a very good one, and is well worth a studious reader's attention. Mr. WARBURTON has reproduced

The AGE of ELIZABETH.

THE TIMES, Jan. 2. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON,

lations between this country and the
other states of Europe, and the character
of the policy of the Queen and her coun-
sellors.'
THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

M.A. late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With 5 Maps and 4 Genealogical Tables. Price 2s. 6d. 'Mr. CREIGHTON has thoroughly mastered the intricate mysteries of the foreign politics of the whole period; and he has described extremely ably the reThe FALL of the STUARTS; and WESTERN EUROPE from 1678 to 1697. By the Rev. EDWARD HALE, M.A. Assistant Master at Eton. With 11 Maps and Plans. Price 2s. 6d. Mr. HALE has thoroughly grasped placed them in a very effective light. the great facts af the time, and has TIMES, Jan. 2.

The FIRST TWO STUARTS and the PURITAN REVOLUTION, 1603 to 1660. By SAMUEL RAWson Gardiner, Author of The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.' With 4 Coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d. 'Mr. GARDINER'S" First Two Stuarts work. Mr. GARDINER'S sketch of the and the Puritan Revolution" deserves time of James I. brings out much that more notice than we can bestow upon it. has hitherto been very little known.' This is in some respects a very striking THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

The WAR of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,

1775-1783. By JOHN MALCOLM Coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d. 'Mr. LUDLOW's account of the obscure annals of what afterwards became the Thirteen Colonies is learned, judicious, and full of interest, and his description of the Red Indian communities is adThe EARLY

LUDLOW, Barrister-at-Law. With 4 mirable for its good feeling and insight. .The volume is characterised by impartiality and good sense.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

PLANTAGENETS. By the Rev. W. of Modern History in the University of Price 2s. 6d.

STUBBS, M.A. Regius Professor Oxford. With 2 Coloured Maps. 'As a whole, his book is one of rare excellence. As a comprehensive sketch of the period it is worthy of very high commendation......As an analyst of institutions and laws Mr. STUBBS is certainly not inferior to HALLAM. His narrative, moreover, is, as a rule, excel

lent, clear, well put together, and often picturesque; his language is always forcible and sometimes eloquent; his power of condensation is very remarkable, and his chapter on the contemporaneous state of Europe is admirable for its breadth and conciseness.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

Volumes in preparation, in continuation of the Series: The AGE of ANNE. By E. E. MORRIS, M.A. Original Editor of the Series. [Nearly ready. 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. Dean of St. Paul's. [In the press.

The NORMANS in EUROPE. By Rev. A. H. JOHNSON,
M.A. Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
[Nearly ready.
FREDERICK the GREAT and the SEVEN
YEARS' WAR. By F. W. LONGMAN, of Balliol College, Oxford.
The EARLY HANOVERIANS. By the Rev. J. T.
LAWRENCE, B.A. Downing College, Cambridge.

The FRENCH REVOLUTION to the BATTLE of WATERLOO, 1789-1815. By BERTHA M. CORDERY, Author of 'The Struggle against Absolute Monarchy.

London, LONGMANS & CO.