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The object of this series is to present in separate Volumes acomprehensive and trustworthy account of the general developmentof European History, and to deal fully and carefully with themore prominent events in each century.
It is believed that no such attempt to place the History ofEurope before the English Public has yet been made, and it ishoped that the Series will form a valuable continuous History ofMediæval and Modern Europe.
Period I.—The Dark Ages. A.D. 476-918. By C. W. C. Oman, M.A.,Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. 7s. 6d. [Already published.
Period II.—The Empire and the Papacy. A.D. 918-1273.By T. F. Tout, M.A., Professor of History at the Owens College,Victoria University, Manchester. 7s. 6d. [Already published.
Period III.—The Close of the Middle Ages. A.D. 1272-1494.By R. Lodge, M.A., Professor of History at the University ofGlasgow. [In preparation.
Period IV.—Europe in the 16th Century. A.D. 1494-1598.By A. H. Johnson, M.A., Historical Lecturer to Merton, Trinity,and University Colleges, Oxford. 7s. 6d. [Already published.
Period V.—The Ascendancy of France. A.D. 1598-1715.By H. O. Wakeman, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College,and Tutor of Keble College, Oxford. 6s. [Already published.
Period VI.—The Balance of Power. A.D. 1715-1789.By A. Hassall, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford. 6s.[Already published.
Period VII.—Revolutionary Europe. A.D. 1789-1815.By H. Morse Stephens, M.A., Professor of History at CornellUniversity, Ithaca, U.S.A. 6s. [Already published.
Period VIII.—Modern Europe. A.D. 1815-1878.By G. W. Prothero, Litt.D., Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh.[In preparation.