History of England from the Earliest Times to the Year 1858

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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 COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM
THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL
1018

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, 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
"Land-
marks 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, neces-
sarily, 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.