The first group of the Series will comprise twelve 

 volumes, as follows : 



Nelson, and the Naval Supremacy of England. By W. Clark Russell, 

 author of " The Wreck of the Grosvenor," etc. (Ready April 15, 1890.) 



Gustavus Adolphus, and the Struggle of Protestantism for Exist- 

 ence. By C. R. L. Fletcher, M.A., late Fellow of All Souls College, 

 Oxford. 



Pericles, and the Golden Age of Athens. By Evelyn Abbott, M.A., 

 Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. 



Alexander the Great, and the Extension of Greek Rule and of 

 Greek Ideas. By Prof. Benjamin I. Wheeler, Cornell University. 



Theoderic the Goth, the Barbarian Champion of Civilization. By 

 Thomas Hodgkin, author of " Italy and Her Invaders," etc. 



Charlemagne, the Reorganizer of Europe. By Prof. George L. Burr, 

 Cornell University. 



Henry of Navarre, and the Huguenots in France. By P. F. Willert, 



M.A., Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. 

 William of Orange, the Founder of the Dutch Republic. 



By Ruth Putnam. 

 Cicero, and the Fall of the Roman Republic. By J. L. Strachan 



Davidson, M.A., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. 

 Louis XIV., and the Zenith of the French Monarchy. By Arthur 



Hassall, M.A., Senior Student of Christ Church College, Oxford. 

 Sir Walter Raleigh, and the Adventurers of England. 



By A. L. Smith, M.A., Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. 

 Bismarck. The New German Empire : Hov7 It Arose ; What It 



Replaced ; And What It Stands For. By James Sime, author of 



"A Life of Lessing," etc. 



To be followed by : 



Hannibal, and the Struggle between Carthage and Rome. 



By E. A. Freeman, D.C.L., LL.D., Regius Prof, of History in the 



University of Oxford. 

 Alfred the Great, and the First Kingdom in England. By F. York 



Powell, M.A., Senior Student of Christ Church College, Oxford. 

 Charles the Bold, and the Attempt to Found a Middle Kingdom. 



By R. Lodge, M.A., Fellow of I5rasenose College, Oxford. 

 John Calvin, the Hero of the French Protestants. By Owen M. 



Edwards, Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. 

 Oliver Cromwell, and the Rule of the Puritans in England. 



By Charles Firth, Balliol College, Oxford. 

 Marlborough, and England as a Military Power. 



By C. W. C. Oman, A.M., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 



Julius Caesar, and the Organization of the Roman Empire. 



By W. Warde Fowler, M.A., Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. 



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