-------------------------------------------------------- Transcriber’s note: All Plates and their captions have been moved to the end of the chapters to which they belong. -------------------------------------------------------- [Illustration] A HANDBOOK OF PICTORIAL HISTORY. [Illustration] SOME OTHER HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY PUBLICATIONS. +HISTORICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.+ In Four Sets. By H. W. Donald. Price, each set, +1/6+ +HISTORY TEACHING BY BIOGRAPHIES.+ In Two Volumes. By Alice Eve, B.A. Price, each, net, +3+/-; post free, +3/4½+ +“BRITANNIC” HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY.+ In Two Parts. Price, each, net, +5+d. Details of the above will be found on pages at back of this book. A Handbook of PICTORIAL HISTORY Containing 680 Illustrations from Original & Contemporary Sources treating upon Architecture, Arms and Armour, Antiquities, Costumes, Customs, Shipping, Heraldry, The Church, etc. with Notes and Descriptive Articles on These Subjects for the use of Students & Teachers. Written and Illustrated _by_ HENRY W. DONALD _Compiler of the Britannic Historical Geography & the Suggestions Historical Drawing Cards etc._ [Illustration] LONDON: Charles and Son, Ltd. 10, PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C.4. AND GLASGOW. Made and printed in Great Britain. PREFACE. It has been felt that in the study of English History, to the ordinary student and teacher, there are great difficulties in the way of consulting the numerous standard and other excellent works, on the subjects dealt with in this volume. Many have not sufficient leisure, and many are unable to make use of the facilities for study and research offered by our great national and provincial libraries and museums. And, to most, the prohibitive cost of a representative collection of these standard works is an effectual bar to the acquisition of a personal collection. An acquaintance with these subjects is necessary to an intelligent appreciation of the life history and development of our nation, and of the conditions of life of our ancestors, and this work has been undertaken for students and teachers with regard to these matters, with the hope that, by its means, the path of study will be illuminated, and the interest shown in the study of history correspondingly increased. Too often, in the past, has history been taught as a series of dry lessons on facts and dates, and although in late years there has been a great improvement in this respect, to many the living facts around us, as bearing on our history, in our churches, our historic buildings, our museums, and our national collections, are still disregarded. What eloquent tongues they have, and yet, on what deaf ears do their voices fall!