Transcriber's Note

Minor typographic errors in punctuation and variations in hyphenation have been corrected without note.

The following amendments have been made:

Page [vi]—Cymry amended to Kymry—"... Thomas Stephens, “Literature of the Kymry”; ..."

Page [21]—harminously amended to harmoniously—"... and a prince of North Wales working harmoniously together."

Page [34]—FitzHamon amended to Fitzhamon—"... daughter and heiress of Fitzhamon, conqueror of Glamorgan."

Page [37]—Caradog amended to Caradoc—"... attributed to Caradoc of Llancarven, on which his biographers ..."

Page [80]—omitted word 'the' added—"... fighting in Wales till the end of ..."

Page [84]—Senghennydd amended to Senghenydd—"Ivor ap Meyric was Lord of Senghenydd, ..."

The illustration on page [88] (Cardiff and Caerphilly Castles) has been moved so that it is not in the middle of a paragraph.