“Never has history been made more charming than in this excellent volume. Whatever page is opened, some pleasant little narrative, historic or romantic; some sketch of the womankind of Chaucer’s days, or of the heroines of the Romaunt of the Rose; some striking pictures of Anglo-Saxon life, or some quaint costumes, or ever-changing fashions, constantly attract, and interest, and inform.”--_Birmingham Daily Post._ “To the general public, the appearance of such a work is a surprise, the more agreeable because, while it is the work of an accomplished scholar, who has nowhere deviated from the scholar’s path to win ephemeral applause, it nevertheless appeals to universal sympathies, and so abounds in attractions as to demand to be regarded as emphatically _the_ book of the season.”--_Gardeners’ Magazine._ “Externally and internally it is absolutely splendid, the binding and illustrations being a perfect marvel of beauty and richness. But in the interest of its subject, as well as in its mode of treatment, Mr. Wright’s present work will command the respect and praise of the man of letters and the philosopher, quite as much as it is sure to enlist the sympathies and extort the admiration of a less exacting class of readers. The book is beautifully written, the style being at once chaste and ornate.”--_Eddowes’s Shrewsbury Journal._ “It is one of the most interesting, instructive, and valuable books of the nineteenth century. At this particular period of the agitation of woman’s rights, we may say in truth that this book is a treasury of knowledge to the historian, the politician, the moral philosopher, and the reformer; while, at the same time, in its romantic incidents illustrative of social life in different ages of Western Europe, it surpasses in interest the most skilful and attractive fictions of the day.”--_New York Morning Herald._ GROOMBRIDGE & SONS, 5, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. FOOTNOTES: [1] Of this stone circle, one of the next in importance to Stonehenge, an account will be given in a future chapter. [2] This remarkable barrow was excavated by Mr. Warne, and a fully detailed account given by him in his valuable work, the “Celtic Antiquities of Dorset,” from which the illustration is taken. [3] See Crania Britannica, one of the most valuable ethnological works ever issued.