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Historical Course for Schools — cmitinued. 



executed in a way that promises nmch\for the volumes that are yet to 

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II. HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By Edith Thompson. Fourth 

 Edition. i8mo. 2s. dd. 



" Freedom from prejudice, simplicity of style, and accmracv of statement, 

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III. HISTORY OF SCOTLAND. By Margaret Macarthur. 

 i8mo. 2J-. 



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 of Scotland." — Educational Times. 



IV. HISTORY OF ITALY. By the Rev. W. Hunt, M.A. i8mo. 



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V. HISTORY OF GERMANY. By J. Sime, M.A. i8mo. 3^. 

 ".^ remarkably clear and impressive History of Germany. Its great 



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 The following will shortly be issued : — 



FRANCE. By the Rev. J. R. Green, M.A. 



GREECE. By J, Annan Brvce, B.A. 



AMERICA. By John A. Doyle. 



Yonge (Charlotte M.)— a parallel history of 



FRANCE AND ENGLAND : consisting of Outlines and Dates. 



By Charlotte M. Yonge, Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe," 



" Cameos of English History," &c. &c. Oblong 4to. y, 6d. 

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 CAMEOS FROM ENGLISH HISTORY. From RoUo to Edward 



II. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." Extra fcap. 



8vo. Second Edition, enlarged. 3^-. td. 

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