An Advanced History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Advanced History of England: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day

The object of this book is to carry the study of English History a stage further than has been done in my Short History of England (longmans and It has been specially designed to meet the wants of four classes of readers: (1) of those, either at school or college, who, having mastered the elements of English History in such a book as the author's Elementary History of England (rivington, Percival, and and what are known as the 'outlines in such a book as the author's Short History, are preparing to study in greater detail such a period as 1485 to 1603, or 1714 to 1815 (2) of teachers who, while taking a class in the elements or outlines, ' wish to have in their own hands a fuller and more developed treatment of events 3 (3) of university students, who require a fuller treatment of the whole course of events than is given in the Short History; and (4) of those of the general public who wish to have in their hands a handy but fairly full history to which they may turn for ready information on the historical points that crop up day by day in politics or conversation.

In trying to supply these needs I have throughout tried to keep in view certain principles which it may be useful to state.

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