HISTORY OF OLIVER CROMWELL AND THE ENGLISH COMMONWEALTH, FROM THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES THE FIRST TO THE DEATH OF CROMWELL : BY M. GUIZOT. TRANSLATED BY ANDREW R. SCOBLE. SECOND EDITION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET, ADVERTISEMENT. THE history of the English Revolution, its origin and consequences, extends over a period of sixty-three years,-from the accession of Charles I., in 1625, to the fall of James II., in 1688; and is naturally divided, by the great events which it includes into four periods. The first of these comprehends the reign of Charles I., his conflict with the Long Parliament, his defeat and death; the second contains the history of the Commonwealth, under the Long Parliament and Cromwell; the third is marked by the Restoration of the Monarchy, after the brief Protectorate of Richard Cromwell; and the fourth comprises the reigns of Charles II. and James II., and the final fall of the royal race of Stuart. Each of these four periods will form the subject of a special work by M. Guizot. The first of these has |