ANNOUNCEMENTS-Continued

THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.

MESSRS. LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. have made arrangements for the issue of a History of England, from the Conquest of Britain to the end of the reign of Queen Victoria, in 12 vols. demy 8vo., each containing from 450 to 500 pp. This History is intended to set forth in a readable form the results at present attained by historical research. Seventyfive years have passed since Lingard finished his History of England, which ends with the Revolution of 1688. During that period the study of history has made a great advance. Year after year the mass of materials for a History of England has gone on increasing; new lights have been thrown on events and characters, and old errors have been corrected. Many notable works have been written on various periods of our history; some of them, perhaps, at such length as to appeal almost exclusively to professed historical students. It is believed that the time has come when the advance which has been made in the knowledge of English history as a whole should be laid before the public in a single work of fairly adequate size. Such a book should be founded on independent thought and research, but should at the same time be written with a full knowledge of the works of the best modern historians, and with a desire to take advantage of their teaching wherever it appears

to be sound.

In its scope the new History will primarily be political, though religious matters must necessarily at certain periods have a prominent place, and important social phenomena of all kinds will be noted, especially those which have had a bearing on political events.

The foot-notes will, so far as is possible, be confined to references, and references will not be given in the case of matters of common knowledge. The chief authorities used in each volume, their characters, values, &c., will be discussed in an Appendix to the volume.

Each of the twelve volumes is to be written by a separate Author, but all are to form one book exhibiting unity of design and treatment. In order to secure this unity, Messrs. Longmans have entrusted the editorship of the work to the Rev. William Hunt, D.Litt., of Trinity College, Oxford, President of the Royal Historical Society; and Mr. Reginald L. Poole, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, and Editor of the English Historical Review.'

Vol. X. will be published during September, 1905, and will be followed in October by Vol. II., and in November by Vol. III.; with other volumes at short intervals.

The History will be divided as follows:

Vol. I. to 1066. By Thomas Hodgkin, D.C.L., Litt.D., Fellow of University College, London, Fellow of the British Academy.

Vol. II. 1066 to 1216. By George Burton Adams, M.A., Professor of History in Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Vol. III. 1216 to 1377. By T. F. Tout, M.A., Professor of Medieval and Modern History in the Victoria University of Manchester; formerly Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

Vol. IV. 1377 to 1485. By C. Oman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls' College, and Deputy Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.

Vol. V. 1485 to 1547. By H. A. L. Fisher, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of New College,

Oxford.

Vol. VI. 1547 to 1603. By A. F. Pollard, M.A., Professor of Constitutional History in University College, London.

Vol. VII. 1603 to 1660. By F. C. Montague, M.A., Professor of History in University College, London; formerly Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.

Vol. VIII. 1660 to 1702. By Richard Lodge, M.A., Professor of History in the University of Edinburgh; formerly Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.

Vol. IX. 1702 to 1760. By I. S. Leadam, M.A., formerly Fellow of Brasenose College,

Oxford.

Vol. X. 1760 to 1801.
Oxford.

Vol. XI.

By the Rev. William Hunt, M.A., D.Litt., Trinity College,

1801 to 1837. By the Hon. George C. Brodrick, D.C.L., late Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and J. K. Fotheringham, M.A., Magdalen College, Oxford, Lecturer in Classics at King's College, London.

Vol. XII. 1837 to 1901. By Sidney J. Low, M.A., Balliol College, Oxford, formerly Lecturer on History at King's College, London.

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