Meanwhile it is pleasant to feel that the dispassionate contemplation of great masses of historical facts goes far towards confirming our faith in this ultimate triumph of good over evil. Our survey began with pictures of horrid slaughter and desolation: it ends with the picture of a world covered with cheerful homesteads, blessed with a sabbath of perpetual peace. [Footnote 1: Freeman, "Norman Conquest," v. 482.] [Footnote 2: Freeman, "Comparative Politics," 264.] [Footnote 3: This is disputed, however. See Ross, "Early History of Landholding among the Germans."] [Footnote 4: Stubbs, "Constitutional History," i. 84.] [Footnote 5: Kemble, "Saxons in England," i. 59.] [Footnote 6: Maine, "Village Communities," Lond., 1871, p. 132.] [Footnote 7: Stubbs, "Constitutional History," i. 85.] [Footnote 8: Freeman, "Comparative Politics," 118.] [Footnote 9: Geffroy, "Rome et les Barbares," 209.] [Footnote 10: Maine, "Village Communities," 118.] [Footnote 11: Stubbs, "Constitutional History," i. 625.] [Footnote 12: Stubbs, "Select Charters," 401.] [Footnote 13: "La Cité Antique," 441.] [Footnote 14: Arnold, "Roman Provincial Administration," 237.] [Footnote 15: Stubbs, "Select Charters," 401.] [Footnote 16: In 1880.] INDEX. Abderrahman Achaian league Aden Adoption Aetolian league Africa, English colonies in Albany Congress Amphiktyonic Council Angeln Angles Anglo-American Anglo-Saxon Appomattox Arable mark Ariovistus Armada, the Invincible Armies of Europe will be disbanded Arminius Arnold, M. Asiaticization Athens, grandeur of incorporated demes of Attika, old tribal divisions modified, school of political training maritime empire of Attila Australia Austria Baker, Sir S. Bancroft, Hubert Barons, war of the Basileus Batu Belgium Benefices Bern Bonaparte, N. Bonapartism Boroughs, special privileges of Boston, growth of its Common Boundaries of United States Burgundians By-laws Caesar, J. California, social experiments in Canada under Old Régime Candolle, A. de, Canton, Carlyle on dollar-hunters, Centralized government, weakness of, Century, Ceylon, Châlons, battle of, Charles I., Charles the Bold, Charles Martel, Charles the Great, Chatham, Lord, Chester, Chicago, Chinese, Christianity, Church, mediaeval, Cities in England and America, origin of, City, the ancient, Civilization, its primary phase, long threatened by neighbouring barbarism, Clan-system of political union, Claudius, emperor, Clement IV., Cleveland, city of. Colenso, J.W. Colonies, how founded, Comitia, Commendation, Commons, House of, Commons, origin of, Communal farming in England, Communal landholding, Competition, industrial, between Europe and America, Confederation, articles of, Connecticut, men of, defy James II., Constitution of the United States, Continentals and British, Cromwell, O., Curia,