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. Oxford.

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, 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.

Eleven 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 shews an admirable mastery of a complex subject; it abounds in sound

The CRUSADES. By the Rev. G.

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. 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, and latest histories of Greece. Mr. Cox's is that of the Crusades, of which we have narrative is flowing and easy, and parts a summary from the accomplished pen of of his work are extremely good.' the well-known Author of one of the best

THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

The THIRTY YEARS' WAR, 1618-1648. By 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 2s. 6d. The narrative-a singularly perplexing task-is on the whole remarkably clear, and the Author gives us a well-written summary of the causes that led to the great contest, and of the most striking

incidents that marked its progress. Mr.
GARDINER'S judgments, too, are usually
just....The Author, we should add, is very
skilful in his delineation 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 the conclusions of the Author are just and York, is usually correct and sensible, and acccurate.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

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EDWARD THE THIRD. By the Rev. W. WARBURTON, M.A. late Majesty's Senior Inspector of Schools. With 3 Price 2s. 6d.

Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; Her Coloured Maps and 3 Genealogical Tables. This Epoch is a very good one, and is well worth a studious reader's attention. Mr. WARBURTON has reproduced extremely

well the spirit and genius ef that chivalric
age.'
THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

The AGE of ELIZABETH. By the Rev. M. CREIGHTON, M.A. late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford. With 5 Maps and 4 Genealogical Tables. 2s. 6d. 'Mr. CREIGHTON has thoroughly mastered tween this country and the other States the intricate mysteries of the foreign poli- of Europe, and the character of the policy tics of the whole period; and he has of the Queen and her counsellors.' described extremely ably the relations beTHE TIMES, Jan. 2.

The FALL of the STUARTS; and WESTERN EUROPE from 1678 to 1697. By the Rev. EDWARD HALE, M.A. Assistant-Master at Eton. With Eleven Maps and Plans. Price 2s. 6d.

'Mr. HALE has thoroughly grasped the them in a very effective light.' great facts of the time, and has placed

THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

The FIRST TWO STUARTS and the PURITAN REVOLUTION, 1603-1660. By SAMUEL RAWSON GARDINER, Author of 'The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648.' With 4 Coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d.

work. Mr. GARDINER'S sketch of the time of James I. brings out much, that had hitherto been little known.'

'Mr. GARDINER'S "First Two Stuarts and the Puritan Revolution" deserves more notice than we can bestow upon it. This is in some respects a very striking The WAR of AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1775-1783. By JOHN

THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

the Red Indian communities is admirable for its good feeling and insight. . . . The volume is characterised by impartiality and good sense.' THE TIMES, Jan. 2.

MALCOLM LUDLOW, Barrister-at-Law. With 4 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 EARLY PLANTAGENETS. By the Rev. W. STUBBS, M.A. Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. With 2 coloured Maps. Price 2s. 6d.

'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, excellent,

clear, well put together, and often pic-
turesque; 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.

The AGE of ANNE. By E. E. MORRIS, M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford; Head Master of the Melbourne Grammar School, Australia; Original Editor of the Series. With 7 Maps and Plans. Price 2s. 6d.

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Volumes in preparation, in continuation of the Series :The NORMANS in EUROPE. By Rev. A. H. JOHNSON, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. [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 EARLY HANOVERIANS. By the Rev. T. J. LAWRENCE, B.A. Warden of Cavendish College, late Fellow and Tutor of Downing College, Cambridge. The FRENCH REVOLUTION to the BATTLE of WATERLOO, 1789– 1815. By BERTHA M. CORDERY, Author of 'The Struggle Against Absolute Monarchy.' FREDERICK the GREAT and the SEVEN YEARS' WAR. By F. W.

LONGMAN, of Balliol College, Oxford.

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