HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY &* TRAVELS, 



WJien young children have acquired the outlines of history from abridg- 

 ments and catechisms, and it becomes desirable to give a more enlarged 

 view of the subject, in order to render it really useful and interesting; a 

 difficulty often arises as to the choice of books. Two courses are open, either 

 to take a general and consequently dry history of facts, such as RusselVs 

 Modern Europe, or to choose some work treating of a particular period or 

 subject, such as the works of Macaulay and Fronde. The former course 

 tisually renders history uninteresting ; the latter is itnsatisfactory, because 

 it is not sufficiently comprehensive. To remedy this difficulty, selections, 

 continuous and chronological, have in the present volume been taken from 

 the larger works of Freeman, Milman, Palgrave, and others, which mav 

 serve as distinct landmarks of historical reading, " IVe know of scarcely 

 anything," says the Guardian, of this volume, "which is so likely to raise 

 to a higher level the average standard of English education.' 1 '' 



Fairfax. A LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIRFAX, 

 Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Parliament of England. 

 By CLEMENTS R. MARKHAM, F. S.A. With Portraits, Maps, 

 Plans, and Illustrations. Demy Svo. i6s. 



A r o full Life of the great Parliamentary Commander has appeared ; 

 and it is here sought to produce one based upon careful research in con- 

 temporary records and upon family and other documents. 



" Highly useful to the careful student of the History of the Civil War. 



. . Probably as a military chronicle Mr. Mark/lam's book is one 

 of the most full and accurate that we possess about the Civil fFar." 

 FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW. 



Forbes. LIFE OF PROFESSOR EDWARD FORBES, 



F.R.S. By GEORGE WILSON, M.D., F.R.S.E., and ARCHIBALD 



GEIKIE, F.R.S. Svo. with Portrait, 14^. 



"From the first page to the last the book claims careful reading, as being 

 a full but not overcrowded rehearsal of a most instructive life, and the true 

 picture of a mind that was rare in strength and beauty" EXAMINER. 



Freeman. --HISTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, 



from the Foundation of the Achaian League to the Disruption of 

 the United States. Bv EDWARD A. FREEMAN, M.A. Vol. I. 

 General Introduction, History of the Greek Federations. Svo. 



2IJ. 



" The task Mr. Freeman has undertaken is one of great magnitude and 

 importance. It is also a task of an almost entirely novel character. No 



