4. The separate treatment of the important aspects of national history.
5. The employment of questions which will necessitate on the part of the pupil reasonable exercise of comparison and judgement.
British Church History (to A.D. 1000). By the Rev. W. H. Flecker, M.A., D.C.L., Head Master, Dean Close School, Cheltenham. 1s. 6d.
In this book the author keeps the reader, throughout, in close touch with the original authorities, such as Bede, and is careful to lay stress on the light thrown by them on contemporary social conditions.
Early English History from the Chronicles. By A. F. Dodd, B.A., Greystoke Place Training College. 2s.
This history covers the period from the earliest times of recorded history to the end of the Norman epoch. Its distinguishing characteristic is the extent to which quotations from contemporary authorities are introduced, with the purpose of throwing light upon the social usages, manners, and methods of thought of the Anglo-Saxons and Normans.
History of England. By John Lingard, D.D. New and cheaper revised edition brought down to the Reign of King George V, by Dom Henry Norbert Birt, O.S.B. With a Preface by Abbot Gasquet, D.D. With Maps. Third Edition. Large crown 8vo. 640 pages. 3s. 6d. Or in 2 vols.: Vol. I (to 1485), 2s.; Vol. II (1485-1913), 2s.
"That Dom Norbert Birt's volume has really given us what was needed we have no hesitation in affirming. We believe that this book will, to a great extent, supersede the manuals now used in our Catholic schools, and make its way by its own merits into Protestant places of education."—Tablet.
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