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THE REV. JAMES WHITE,

AUTHOR OF "THE LANDMARKS OF THE HISTORIES OF GREECE."
AND "OF ENGLAND," ETC.

LONDON:

ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE,

FARRINGDON STREET.

NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET.

1860.

[The Author reserves the right of Translation.]

Br 308.55.4

HARVARD COLLECE LIBRARY

FROM

THE BEQUEST OF

EVERT JANSEN WENDELL
1814

LONDON:

BAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTKRS, CHANDOS STREKT,

COVENT GARDEN.

PREFACE.

THE design of this book is to give more prominence to some of the events which were merely adverted to in my "Landmarks of the History of England." It still limits itself, however, to the more striking incidents in our chequered story, and those which had an enduring influence on our national career. I have endeavoured to compress the infinite riches of our annals as far as possible, at the sacrifice, necessarily, of some of the minuteness of detail which gives such a charm to historic narrative in the hands of Froude or Macaulay.

I will only add, that although this volume aims at being an enlargement of my former publication, they are perfectly distinct and separate works, having not a sentence in common and being written on totally different plans.

In order to render the work complete, as a student's manual, a critical analysis of the leading events of English history, subdivided into sections, is given at the commencement of each book or chapter, and a copious historical index appended to the volume.

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• A critical analysis of the leading events of British history, subdivided
into sections, is given at the commencement of each book or chapter.

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