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In course of publication, each volume in fcp. 8vo. complete in itself,

EPOCHS OF ENGLISH HISTORY,

A SERIES OF BOOKS NARRATING THE

HISTORY OF ENGLAND AT SUCCESSIVE EPOCHS

In Eight Volumes at prices varying from 6d. to 1s,

THE

EDITED BY

REV. M.

CREIGHTON, M.A.

Late Fellow and Tutor of Merton College, Oxford.

THE

HE OBJECT of this Series is to supply an Elementary History of England, which shall be sound and trustworthy as well as inexpensive. English History conveniently divides itself into eight periods. By the adoption of this division a more intelligible and more interesting view of the course of English History may be obtained, while the advantage of cheapness will be secured by the separate sale of the several divisions.

The wear and tear to which elementary school-books are necessarily exposed makes it a great practical convenience to have a series of small inexpensive volumes, each of which is in use for a short time, rather than one larger and more costly, which has to serve at the same time both as a text-book and as a book of reference.

Although the subjects have been divided among different writers, for the sake of securing greater special knowledge in each period, unity of design and treatment will be preserved by the editorial superintendence.

It is intended that the books shall be adapted to beginners, written in an easy and simple style, avoiding unnecessary names, no references being made to persons or events whose importance is not fully explained. Brevity will be secured, not by dry condensation of facts, but by selecting important points and explaining them fully, so as to bring out distinctly the chief features of England's development. The subjects dealt with

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