In Four Volumes, rloth gilt, at 12s, 6d. each; or in Twenty Parts at 2s. each. 



A NEW AND IMPORTANT WORK 



BY 



OSCAR BROWNING, M.A., 



FELLOW OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND UNIVERSITY LECTURER; 

 AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 



THE NEW ILLUSTRATED 



HISTORY OF ENGLAND 



PROM THE EARLIEST TIMES 



TO 



gubilec of (JJueen Victoria. 



THIS work is designed as a family and general History of England, written in 

 a popular style. Every fact or incident of importance in the Social, Political, 

 and Religious life of the English people, from the earliest times to the present 

 day, will be chronicled, and full advantage will be taken of the discoveries of 

 modern scholarship. Whilst sufficiently erudite to be of service to the student, 

 the entertaining and narrative form in which it is written will attract and interest the 

 general reader. 



It is divided into three parts, the first ending with the Accession of Henry VII., 

 the second with the Revolution of 1 688, and the third with the events of our own 

 time. A sketch of the rise and development of the English constitution will be 

 given at the end of the first part, and a short history of English literature at the 

 end of the second part. 



In the selection of the wood engravings, of which there are several hundred in 

 the text, care has been taken that they should be of real assistance to the reader. 

 They consist principally of Portraits of Notable Personages, views of Historic 

 Castles and places of interest, Costumes and Coins from contemporary drawings, 

 Maps, and Plans ; the chief events in English history will also be fully illustrated 

 by careful artists. In addition to the wood engravings there is a series of Portraits 

 of the Kings and Queens of England, engraved on steel. 



By the publication of calendars of state papers and other works by the Master 

 of the Rolls, the knowledge of English history, especially of the early periods, has 

 been revolutionised during the last thirty years. It is hoped that by the publication 

 of the present work the results thus obtained may be brought within the reach of all 

 classes of the English people. 



CONDITIONS OF PUBLICATION. 



The Work will be completed in Twenty Parts at zs. each ; or in Four Volumes, cloth gilt, at 

 \zs. bd. each. 



Each Part will contain Sixty-four pages of Letterpress, profusely illustrated by Engravings on 

 Wood, and Two Engravings on Steel ; and each Volume will contain about Three Hundred and 

 Twenty pages of illustrated Letterpress, and Ten Engravings on Steel. 



The size of the Work is Imperial 8vo, and it will onlv be sold to Subscribers. 



NO ORDER WILL BE RECEIVED FOR LESS THAN THE ENTIRE SET. 



EONDON: J. S. VIRTUE & CO., ElMITED, 294, ClTY ROAD AND IVY LANE. 



