FAMILY HISTORY 



Family History is, both in the Histories and in the supplementary genealogical volumes 

 of chart Pedigrees, dealt with by genealogical experts and in the modern spirit. Every effort 

 is made to secure accuracy of statement, and to avoid the insertion of those legendary 

 pedigrees which have in the past brought discredit on the subject. It has been pointed out 

 by the late Bishop of Oxford, a grfeat master of historical research, that ' the expansion and 

 extension of genealogical study is a very remarkable feature of our own times,' that ' it is an 

 increasing pursuit both in America and in England,' and that it can render the historian most 

 useful service. 



CARTOGRAPHY 



In addition to a general map in several sections, each History contains Geological, Oro- 

 graphical, Botanical, Archaeological, and Domesday maps ; also maps illustrating the articles on 

 Ecclesiastical and Political Histories, and the sections dealing with Topography. The Series 

 contains many hundreds of maps in all. 



ARCHITECTURE 



A special feature in connexion with the Architecture is a series of ground plans, many 

 of them coloured, showing the architectural history of castles, cathedrals, abbeys, and other 

 monastic foundations. 



In order to secure the greatest possible accuracy, the descriptions of the Architecture, 

 ecclesiastical, military, and domestic, are under the supervision of Mr. C. R. Peers, M.A., 

 F.S.A., and a committee has been formed of the following students of architectural history 

 who are referred to as may be required concerning this department of the work : — 



ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE 



J. BiLsoN, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. 



R. Blomfield, M.A., F.S.A., A.R.A. W. H. Knowles, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. 



Harold Brakspear, F.S.A., A.R.I.B.A. J. T. Micklethwaite, F.S.A. 



Prof. Baldwin Brown, M.A. Roland Paul, F.S.A. 



Arthur S. Flower, F.S.A., A.R.LB.A. J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D. 



George E. Fox, M.A., F.S.A. Percy G. Stone, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. 



J. A. GoTCH, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. Thackeray Turner. 



GENEALOGICAL VOLUMES 



The genealogical volumes contain the family history and detailed genealogies of such 

 houses as had at the end of the nineteenth century seats and landed estates, having enjoyed 

 the like in the male line since 1760, the first year of George III., together with an intro' 

 ductory section dealing with other principal families in each county. 



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