And what are we doing to help modern history—the picture of our own times—that it may look beautiful in the ages to come? I cannot answer you that.
Some chapters of this work have appeared in the Connoisseur, and I have to thank the editor for his courtesy in allowing me to reproduce them.
I must also thank Mr. Pownall for his help in the early stages of my labours.
One thing more I must add: I do not wish this book to go forth and be received with that frigid politeness which usually welcomes a history to the shelves of the bookcase, there to remain unread. The book is intended to be read, and is not wrapped up in grandiose phrases and a great wind about nothing; I would wish to be thought more friendly than the antiquarian and more truthful than the historian, and so have endeavoured to show, in addition to the body of the clothes, some little of their soul.
DION CLAYTON CALTHROP.
Contents
| PAGE | |
| William the First | [1] |
| William the Second | [10] |
| Henry the First | [21] |
| Stephen | [29] |
| Henry the Second | [46] |
| Richard the First | [55] |
| John | [62] |
| Henry the Third | [67] |
| Edward the First | [81] |
| Edward the Second | [92] |
| Edward the Third | [102] |
| Richard the Second | [122] |
| The End of the Fourteenth Century | [141] |
| Henry the Fourth | [152] |
| Henry the Fifth | [161] |
| Henry the Sixth | [176] |
| Edward the Fourth | [198] |
| Edward the Fifth | [213] |
| Richard the Third | [213] |
| Henry the Seventh | [223] |
| Henry the Eighth | [247] |
| Edward the Sixth | [274] |
| Mary | [283] |
| Elizabeth | [291] |
| James the First | [325] |
| Charles the First | [341] |
| The Cromwells | [359] |
| Charles the Second | [365] |
| James the Second | [378] |
| William and Mary | [383] |
| Queen Anne | [395] |
| George the First | [406] |
| George the Second | [414] |
| George the Third | [432] |
| George the Fourth | [440] |