The purpose of these volumes is to teach History by grouping historical facts round the lives of famous men and women. Each set of notes is preceded by two paragraphs, one giving the aim of the Lesson, and the other, apparatus for use in connection with it, _e.g._ +EARL OF STRAFFORD+ (_Vol. II. xxxv._): +Aim.+--To teach the beginning of the great dispute between King Charles I. and his people. +Apparatus.+--Map of British Islands, Portraits of Charles I., Strafford, Buckingham, Pictures of Cavaliers and Puritans of the time. Picture of Westminster Hall. Price, each volume, net, +3+s.; post free, +3+s. +4½+d. Two volumes, post free, +6+s. +9+d. “Britannic” Historical Geography Books FOR CORRELATING HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY and MAPPING. (_Left page_) _HISTORICAL SUMMARY._ (_Right page_) _OUTLINE MAP._ The “Britannic” Historical Geography Maps. No. 6.--Part I. England before the Norman Conquest. THE CHIEF EARLDOMS. On his ascension to the throne of England Canute divided the country into four Governments, viz.:-- WESSEX, EAST ANGLIA, MERCIA and NORTHUMBRIA. He took charge of Wessex himself, and three Danes were placed as Earls over the others. THE GREAT SAXON EARLS. He afterwards appointed Englishmen to the government of these Earldoms:-- _Leofric_ becoming _Earl of Mercia_, _Godwin_, _Earl of Wessex_, and _Siward_, _Earl of Northumberland_. In each lesson the historical narrative is followed by notes describing fully the correlated work to be done in connection with the story. [Illustration: ENGLAND AT THE CONQUEST (1066) showing the Earldoms] (_Reduced specimen pages._) Part I. From the Roman Invasion, B.C. 55, to the Wars of the Roses, A.D. 1485. MAPS. Roman Britain. The Early Home of the English. Anglo-Saxon Conquest. Saxon England in the 7th century. England between the Danes & Saxons. England at the Conquest. England and Normandy. Dominions of the Plantagenets. Scotland in 1285 A.D. French Campaigns. Four Famous Battles. Wars of the Roses. Part II. From the Tudors, A.D. 1485, to the Crimean War, A.D. 1856. MAPS. Maritime Discoveries. The Tudors, 1485-1603. The Great Civil War, 1642-1648. The Revolution of 1688. The Jacobite Rebellions. The Seven Years’ War. The War of Independence. English Rule in India. The Peninsular War. Battle of Trafalgar. The Waterloo Campaign. The Crimean War. Part III. Europe 1600-1914. MAPS. Division of Territory after 30 years’ War. Europe after Treaty of Utrecht. Europe after Treaty of Paris. Paris, A.D. 1789. Campaigns of A.D. 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795 & 1796. Peace of Amiens, A.D. 1802. Europe after Wagram. Congress of Vienna & Treaty of Paris. Central Europe, A.D. 1866. Franco-Prussian War. Eastern Europe, A.D. 1878. Balkan Peninsula, 1914. _HISTORY for the JUNIORS and INFANTS._ HISTORY IN PICTURES AND STORIES. By B. M. AND D. M. ASLING. For READING and COLOURING.