6 MACMILLAWS CATALOGUE OF WORKS IN 



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

 io take a general and consequently dry history of facts, such as Russell' 's 

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

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

 usually renders history uninteresting ; the latter is unsatisfactory, 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, Lingard, Hume, and 

 others, which may serve as distinct landmarks of historical reading. 

 " We 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" 



Fairfax (Lord). A LIFE OF THE GREAT LORD FAIR- 

 FAX, 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 8vo. i6s. 

 No 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. . . Pro- 

 bably as a military chronicle Mr. Markhatrfs book is one. of the most full 

 and accurate that we possess about the Civil War" FORTNIGHTLY 

 REVIEW. 



Field (E. W.) See SADLER. 



Freeman. Works by EDWARD A. FREEMAN, M.A,, D.C.L. 



' ' That special power over a subject which conscientious and patient 

 research can only achieve, a strong grasp of facts, a true mastery over 

 detail, with a clear and manly style all these qualities join to make 

 the Historian of the Conquest conspicuous in the intellectual arena" - 

 ACADEMY. 



HISTORY OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, from the Foun- 

 dation of the Achaian League to the Disruption of the United 

 States. Vol. I. General Introduction, History of the Greek 

 Federations. 8vo. 2is. 



Mr. Freeman's aim, in this elaborate and valuable work, is not so 

 much to discuss the abstract nature of Federal Government, as to exhibit 

 its actual working in ages and countries widely removed from one another. 

 Four Federal Commomvealths stand out, in four different ages of the world, 

 as commanding above all others the attention of students of political history, 



