Part 1242

WRIGHT, THOMAS. The Celt, the Roman and the Saxon: a history of the early inhabitants of Britain. London: Trübner & Co. 1875.

Particularly a good summary of what is known of the Celtic and Roman periods.

History of domestic manners and sentiments in England during the Middle Ages. London: Chapman & Hall. 1862.

WYLIE, JAMES HAMILTON. History of England under Henry IV. London: Longmans. 1881-94. 2 volumes. (a third volume to come).

An elaborate and painstaking investigation of the period, producing a useful but not an interesting work.

GREAT BRITAIN: MODERN.

AIRY, OSMUND. The English restoration and Louis XIV.; from the Peace of Westphalia to the Peace of Nimwegen. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1889.

ANSON, Sir W. R. Law and custom of the Constitution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1886.

BACON, FRANCIS, Lord. History of the reign of Henry VII. [Works, edited by Spedding, et al., volume 6.] London: Longmans, 1857-62.

BAGEHOT, WALTER. The English Constitution. London: Chapman & Hall.

Not a history of the English constitution, but an essay in exposition and elucidation of its principles and its practical working. The book is one of the classics of political literature.

BAYNE, PETER. The chief actors in the Puritan Revolution; 2d edition. London: J. Clarke & Co. 1879.

BOURNE, H, R. FOX. English seamen under the Tudors. London: R. Bentley. 1868. 2 volumes.

Sir Philip Sidney. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1891. London: T. F. Unwin.

In the series entitled "Heroes of the Nations."

BOUTMY, ÉMILE. The English Constitution; translated from the French, with an introduction by Sir Fredrick Pollock. London: Macmillan & Co. 1891.

BREWER, J. S. The reign of Henry VIII. from his accession to the death of Wolsey. London: J. Murray. 1884. 2 volumes.

This work "consists of four different treatises, which were originally published as prefaces to the four volumes of 'Letters an Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII.,' edited by Professor Brewer for the Master of the Rolls. … They do not … contain a detailed systematic narrative of all that was done in the times of which they treat; but they certainly do contain a review of the reign of Henry VIII. down to the death of Wolsey, as clear sighted as it is comprehensive, drawn from the latest sources of information, carefully collected and arranged by the author himself." _Preface, by James Gairdner._

BRIDGET, T. E. Life and writings of Sir Thomas More. London: Burns & Oates; 1891.

BURKE, S. HUBERT. Historical portraits of the Tudor dynasty and the Reformation period. London: J. Hodges. 1879-83. 4 volumes.

An interesting, view of Tudor times and people by a well instructed and fairly candid Roman Catholic student.

BURNET, Bishop. History of his own time. London: W. Smith. 1839. 2 volumes.

BURTON, THOMAS [member in the Parliaments of Oliver and Richard Cromwell from 1656 to 1659]. Diary; edited by J. T. Rutt. London: H. Colburn. 1828. 4 volumes.

CARLYLE, THOMAS. Oliver Cromwell's letters and speeches, with elucidations. London: Chapman & Hall. 5 volumes. CHAMBERS, ROBERT. History of the rebellion of 1745-6. Edinburgh 1847.

CHARLES I. Letters to Queen Henrietta Maria; edited by 'J. Bruce. London: Camden Society 1856.

CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, Earl of. History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. Oxford. 1849. 7 volumes.

"What is unique in his case is the value of his facts, as contrasted with, nay as demonstrating, the inconsequence of his reasonings. Other historians, when they go wrong, can be refuted only by reference to other authorities; Clarendon can be answered out of his own lips." _P. Bayne, Chief Actors in the Puritan Revolution, page 475._

COOKE, GEORGE W. History of Party, from the rise of the Whig and Tory factions, in the reign of Charles II., to the passing of the Reform Bill. London: J. Macrone. 1836. 2 volumes.

CORDERY, B. MERITON, and J. S. PHILLPOTTS. King and Commonwealth; a history of Charles I. and the great rebellion. London: Seeley & Co. Philadelphia: J. H. Coates & Co.

The principal author of this bit of compact, careful historical writing is now better known as Mrs. Bertha M. Gardiner, wife of the historian, Samuel Rawson Gardiner.

CREIGHTON, LOUISE. Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough. London: Rivingtons. 1879.

Life of Sir Walter Raleigh. London: Rivingtons. 1877.

DICEY, A. V. Lectures introductory to the study of the law of the Constitution. London: Macmillan & Co. 1885.

EPOCHS OF ENGLISH HISTORY. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner & Co. 8 volumes or 1 volume.

Early England to the Norman Conquest; by F. York Powell.

England a Continental Power from the Conquest to the Great Charter, 1055-1215; by Mrs. M. Creighton.

The rise of the People and the growth of Parliament, from the Great Charter to the accession of Henry VII., 1215-1485; by James Rowley.

The Tudors and the Reformation, 1485—1603, by Rt. Rev. M. Creighton

The struggle against absolute Monarchy 1603-1088; by Mrs. S. R. Gardiner.

The settlement of the Constitution, 1689-1781: by James Rowley.

England during the American and European wars, 1763—1820; by O. W. Tancock.

Modern England, 1820-1885; by Oscar Browning.

FORSTER, JOHN. Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England. London: Longmans. 1840. 7 volumes.

Biographies of Eliot, Strafford, Pym, Hampden, Vane, Marten, Cromwell. It is now known that the biography of Strafford was written for Forster by Robert Browning, and it has been separately published as Browning's work. "Mr. Forster … was not only an historical writer, but his time and energies were also largely absorbed in the journalism of the Whig party of his day, and his treatment of important questions too often betrays the influence of a strong feeling of partisanship." _S. R. Gardiner and J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the study of English History, page 354._

FROUDE, J. A. History of England, from the fall of Wolsey to the death of Elizabeth. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner & Co. 12 volumes.

“The well-known work of Mr. Fronde abounds with graphic descriptions accompanied by much admirable and just criticism. In its composition he was largely aided by his researches among the archives at Simancas, collections which at that time had been very imperfectly investigated. Unfortunately, the conception he has formed of the character and conduct of Henry VIII. is of so strange and unreal a kind as to deprive this portion of his History of much of its value. The reign of Edward VI. is described with more impartiality, but the policy of Somerset is somewhat harshly judged. … The volumes that relate to the reign of Elizabeth are the most valuable part of the work." _S. R. Gardiner and J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the study of English History, page 325._

Life and times of Thomas Becket. New York: C. Scribner.

GARDINER, S. R. The first two Stuarts and the Puritan revolution, 1603-1660. London: Longmans.

In the series entitled "Epochs of Modern History."

History of England from the accession of James I. to the outbreak of the civil war, 1603-1642. London: Longmans. 1883-4. 10 volumes.

History of the Great Civil War, 1642-1649. London: Longmans. 1886-94. 3 volumes.

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GARDINER, S. R. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660. London and New York: Longmans. 1894. volume 1.

editor, The constitutional documents of the Puritan revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1889.

GASQUET, FRANCIS AIDAN. Henry VIII. and the English monasteries. London: J. Hodges. 1888. 2 volumes.

An investigation of facts connected with the suppression of the monasteries, by a learned Roman Catholic.

GEIKIE, C. The English Reformation. London: Strahan & Co. 1879.

GEORGE III. Correspondence with Lord North, from 1768 to 1783. London: J. Murray. 1867. 2 volumes.

GREVILLE, CHARLES C. F. Memoirs: a journal of the reigns of George IV., William IV., and Victoria. London: Longmans. 1874-88. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 8 volumes.

The journal is brought to a close in the year 1860.

GUIZOT, F. P. History of Richard Cromwell and the restoration of Charles II.; translated by A. R. Scoble. London: R. Bentley's Sons. 1856. 2 volumes.

History of the English revolution of 1640, commonly called the great rebellion; translated by William Hazlitt. London: H. Bohn. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1846. 2 volumes.

Monk: or the fall of the Republic and the restoration of the Monarchy in England in 1660; translated by A. R. Scoble. London: Bell & Daldy. 1866.

HALE, E. The fall of the Stuarts and Western Europe from 1678 to 1697. London: Longmans. 1876.

A small book in the series entitled "Epochs of Modern History."

HALL, HUBERT. Society in the Elizabethan Age. London: Sonnenschein & Co. 1887.

HALLAM, HENRY. Constitutional history of England, from the accession of Henry VII. to the death of George II. London: J. Murray. 3 volumes.

HAMILTON, J. A. Life of Daniel O'Connell. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1888.

HEATON, WILLIAM. The three reforms of Parliament: a history, 1830-1885. London: T. F. Unwin. 1885.

HERBERT OF CHERBURY, EDWARD, Lord. History of England under Henry VIII. London: A. Herbert. 1870.

HOSMER, JAMES K. Life of Young Sir Henry Vane, Governor of Massachusetts Bay and leader of the Long Parliament. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1888.

A careful study from original sources of the political career of Sir Henry Vane on both sides of the sea.

HUGHES, THOMAS. Alfred the Great. London: Macmillan & Co.

HUTCHINSON, LUCY. Memoirs of Colonel Hutchinson: revised, with additional notes, by C. H. Firth. London: Nimmo. 1885.

"Hutchinson represented Nottinghamshire in the Long Parliament, taking the parliamentary side; and the narrative throws much light on the conduct of the committees through which Parliament worked, and the machinery whereby it maintained its authority over the whole kingdom." _S. R. Gardiner and J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the study of English History, page 318._

JEPHSON, HENRY. The Platform: its rise and progress. London and New York: Macmillan & Co. 1892. 2 volumes.

"In 1820 we find the word 'platform' used as describing the place from which the speakers addressed the meeting, and gradually, as we advanced into the present century, the word 'platform' by a perfectly simple and natural transition, came into general use and acceptation, not merely in the technical sense, as the place from which the Speech was made, but as descriptive of the spoken expression of public opinion outside Parliament." _H. Jephson, The Platform, its rise and progress, introduction._

LECKY, W. E. H. History of England in the 18th century. London: Longmans. 1878-87. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1878-90. 8 volumes.

"Mr. Lecky's book ought to have been entitled 'Essays on the Growth of the British Empire during the Eighteenth Century.' … He has seized more clearly than most writers the fruitful idea that the importance of the eighteenth century in English history lies in the transformation of England into the British Empire, and further, that no part of British history can be understood unless the development of the Empire be regarded as a whole." A. V. Dicey, Lecky's History (Nation, April 18, 1878, page 261).

LETTERS AND PAPERS, foreign and domestic, of the reign of Henry VIII., preserved in the Public Records Office, the British Museum and elsewhere in England; arranged and catalogued by J. S. Brewer [after his death by James Gairdner], under the direction of the Master of the Rolls. London: Longmans. 1862-93. 12 volumes in 18.

LYALL, Sir ALFRED. Warren Hastings. London: Macmillan & Co. 1889.

McCARTHY, JUSTIN. The epoch of Reform, 1830-1850., London: Longmans. 1882.

In the series entitled "Epochs of Modern History."

History of our own times, from the accession of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress. London: Chatto & Windus. 1879. 4 volumes. New York: Harper & Bros. 1880. 2 volumes.

A most readable narrative of recent history: colored by the national and partisan prejudices of the writer, as every contemporary writing of history is sure to be; but manifestly honest in intention, and a praiseworthy piece of work.

MACKINTOSH, Sir JAMES. History of the Revolution in England in 1688: comprising a view of the reign of James II.; completed, to the settlement of the crown, by the editor.

"Almost all the distinguished writers who have treated of English history are advocates. Mr. Hallam and Sir James Mackintosh alone are entitled to be called judges. But the extreme austerity of Mr. Hallam takes away something from the pleasure of reading his learned, eloquent and judicious writings. He is a judge, but a hanging judge, the Page or Buller of the High Court of Literary Justice. His black cap is in constant requisition. … Sir James, perhaps, erred a little on the other side. He liked a maiden assize and came away with white gloves, after sitting in judgment on batches of the most notorious offenders." _Lord Macaulay, Sir James Mackintosh (Essays)._

MAHON, Lord (afterwards Earl Stanhope). History of England, comprising the reign of Queen Anne until the Peace of Utrecht, 1701-1713. London: J. Murray. 1870.

History of England from the Peace of Utrecht [1713] to the Peace of Versailles [1783]. London: J. Murray. 7 volumes.

"Though the volumes of Lord Mahon are distinguished by research and varied learning, by a spirit at once candid, patient, and investigating—though his lordship possesses considerable ability as a narrator, and is a master of a style at once easy, flowing, and thoroughly English, yet with all his calm discrimination, and all his spirit of truth and justice, there 18 something of the leaven of old Toryism about his tone of thought." _Fraser's Magazine, volume 51, page 128._

Life of William Pitt. 2d edition. London: J. Murray. 1862. 4 volumes.

MALLESON, Colonel G. B. Lord Clive. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1893.

MARTINEAU, HARRIET. History of England, A. D. 1800-1815; being an introduction to the history of the peace. London: G. Bell & Sons. 1878.

History of the Thirty Years' Peace, A. D. 1816-1846. London: G. Bell & Sons. 1877. 4 volumes.

A work which is exceedingly heavy reading, and which does not at all sustain the literary reputation of Miss Martineau. It gives, however, the most complete account we have of the thirty years following the Napoleonic wars.

MASSEY, WILLIAM. History of England during the reign of George III. 2d edition, revised and corrected. London: Longmans. 1865. 4 volumes.

"Mr. Massey is clear, succinct and nervous. He is a careful and conscientious inquirer, who searches into original and contemporary documents, and who does not take facts or adopt opinions at second hand. Mr. Massey is not a decided party man, though a Liberal in the best sense of the word." _Fraser's Magazine, volume 51, page 144._

"The work is dispassionate and impartial in its tone." _J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the Study of English History, part 2, page 394._

MASSON, DAVID. Life of John Milton, narrated in connection with the political, ecclesiastical and literary history of his time. London: Macmillan & Co. 1858-80. 6 volumes and index.

"Professor Masson's 'Life of Milton' is an elaborate and often highly interesting study of all the contemporary movements—religious, political, and social—which may be supposed to have influenced the poet's genius or to have moulded the national history." _S. R. Gardiner and J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the study of English History, page 336._

MAY, THOMAS ERSKINE. Constitutional history of England since the accession of George III., 1760-1860. London: Longmans. 1861-2. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 2 volumes.

A continuation of Hallam's "Constitutional History."

MIGNET, F. A. History of Mary, Queen of Scots. London: R. Bentley & Son. 1887.

MOBERLY, C. E. The early Tudors: Henry VII.; Henry VIII. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1887.

A small book in the series entitled "Epochs of Modern History."

MOLESWORTH, WILLIAM NASSAU. History of England from 1830 to 1874. London: Chapman & Hall. 1874. 3 volumes.

MORLEY, JOHN. Edmund Burke: a historical study. London: Macmillan & Co. 1867.

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MORLEY, JOHN. Life of Richard Cobden. London: Chapman & Hall. 1881.

A fine piece of biographical writing and the best account existing, of the Anti-Corn-Law League and the struggle for free trade in England.

MORRIS, EDWARD E. The age of Anne. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1877.

The early Hanoverians. London: Longmans. New York: C. Scribner's Sons. 1886.

In the series entitled "Epochs of Modern History."

NAPIER, MARK. Montrose and the Covenanters. London: J. Duncan. 1838. 2 volumes.

PAUL, ALEXANDER. History of reform; a record of the struggle for the representation of the people in Parliament. 2d edition. London: Routledge & Sons. 1884.

PEPYS, SAMUEL. Diary, completely transcribed by the late Rev. Mynors Bright, with Lord Braybrooke's notes; edited with additions by H.B. Wheatley. London: George Bell & Sons. 1893. 3 volumes.

PERRY, GEORGE G. History of the Reformation in England. London: Longmans. 1886.

PORRITT, EDWARD. The Englishman at home; his responsibilities and privileges. New York: T. Y. Crowell & Co. 1893.

PRIME MINISTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA; edited by Stuart J. Reid. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. 1890. New York: Harper & Bros.

Lord Beaconsfield; by J. A. Froude. Lord Melbourne; by Henry Dunckley. Sir Robert Peel; by Justin McCarthy. Gladstone; by G. W. E. Russell. Marquis of Salisbury; by H. D. Traill. Viscount Palmerston; by the Marquis of Lorne. The Earl of Derby; by George Saintsbury. The Earl of Aberdeen; by Sir A. Gordon.

RANKE, LEOPOLD VON. History of England, principally in the 17th century; translated from the German. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1875. 6 volumes.

The broadest and most philosophical study that has been made of English history in the important period from the Reformation to the Revolution.

SEELEY, J. R. The expansion of England. London: Macmillan & Co. 1883.

A comprehensive and highly suggestive survey of the colonial system of England and of her historical relations to the vast dependent empire that has been organized around her.

SMITH, GOLDWIN. Three English statesmen; a course of lectures on the political history of England. London: Macmillan & Co. 1867. New York: Harper & Bros.

The three English statesmen discussed are Pym, Cromwell and Pitt.

SMITH, R. BOSWORTH. Life of Lord Lawrence. London: Smith, Elder & Co; 1883. 2 volumes.

SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Life of Nelson. London: J. Murray.

SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Life of Wesley: the rise and progress of Methodism. London: Bell & Daldy. 1864.

STEBBING, W. Sir Walter Raleigh: a biography. Oxford. 1891.

SYDNEY, WILLIAM CONNOR. England and the English in the 18th century. London and New York: Macmillan & Co. 1891. 2 volumes.

THACKERAY, W. M. The four Georges: sketches of manners, morals, court and town life. London: Smith & Elder. 1861. New York: Harper & Bros.

THORNBURY, G. W. Shakespeare's England; or sketches of our social history in the reign of Elizabeth. London: Longmans. 1856. 2 volumes.

TODD, ALPHEUS. Parliamentary government in England; its origin, development and practical operation; new edition, abridged and revised by Spencer Walpole. London: Low, Marston & Co. 1892. 2 volumes.

A work which has grown steadily in reputation since it first appeared.

TREVELYAN, GEORGE OTTO. Early history of Charles James Fox. London: Longmans. 1880.

TULLOCH, JOHN. English Puritanism and its Leaders. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood & Sons.

Biographical essays on Cromwell, Milton, Baxter and Bunyan.

TWO CENTURIES OF IRISH HISTORY; with introduction by James Bryce. London: K. Paul & Co. 1888.

WAITE, ROSAMUND. Life of the Duke of Wellington. London: Rivingtons. 1878.

WAKELING, G. H. King and Parliament (A. D. 1603-1714). London: Blackie & Son. 1894.

One of a promising series of small books lately undertaken, entitled "Oxford Manuals of English History."

WALPOLE, SPENCER. History of England from the conclusion of the great war in 1815. London: Longmans. 1878-86. 5 volumes.

"His treatment does not exhibit any of the higher powers of philosophic generalisation; but his research is extensive; and the commercial, economic, and financial questions which now begin to enter more largely than ever into the political history of the nation, are treated with sound judgment and conspicuous moderation." _S. R. Gardiner and J. B. Mullinger, Introduction to the study of English History, page 403._

WOLSELEY, G. J., Viscount. Life of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, to the accession of Queen Anne. London: R. Bentley & Son. 1894. 2 volumes.

WRIGHT, THOMAS, editor. Queen Elizabeth and her times: a series of original letters. London: H. Colburn. 1838. 2 volumes.

Letters selected from the unpublished private correspondence of the Lord Treasurer Burghley, the Earl of Leicester, and other distinguished persons of the time.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

ARNDT, E. M. Werke. Leipzig. 1892-. Geist der Zeit. Erinnerungen, etc.

All-important for age of Napoleon.

ARNETH, A. V. Geschichte Maria Theresias. Wien. 1863-79. 10 volumes.

BAUMGARTEN, H. Geschichte Karls V. volumes 1-8. Stuttgart. 1885-92.

Extends only to 1639.

BENEDETTI, V., Comte. Ma Mission en Prusse. Paris. 1871.

BEUST, FRIEDRICH F., Count von. Memoirs [1830-/ 1885]. London: Remington & Co. 1887. 2 volumes.

The memoirs of a statesman who bore the leading part in the reconstruction and reconstitution of the Austrian empire after the Seven Weeks War of 1866 are necessarily important and interesting.

BEZOLD, F. VON. Geschichte der Deutschen Reformation. Berlin. 1887-90.

Theil von Oncken, Allgem. gesch. in Einzeldarstellungen. Highly praised.

BIEDERMANN, K. Dreissig jahre Deutscher geschichte; von der Thronbesteigung Friedrich Wilhelms IV bis zur aufrichtung des neuen Deutschen Kaiserthums. Breslau. 1881-2. 2 volumes.

Mein Leben und ein Stück Zeitgeschichte. Breslau. 1886-7. 2 volumes.

BISMARCK, Furst. Gesammelte werke: briefe, reden und aktenstücke; herausg. von B. Walden. 5 volumes. Berlin. 1892. Briefe. Eb. 1892.