Literature.

Simcox: History of Roman Literature.

Schlegel: History of Dramatic Literature.

Collins: Livy (Ancient Classics).

Mallock: Lucretius (Ancient Classics).

Trollope: Cæsar (Ancient Classics).

Collins: Cicero (Ancient Classics).

Morris: The Æneid of Virgil.

Collins: Virgil, Ovid, Lucian (three volumes of Ancient Classics).

Epictetus: Selections from Epictetus.

Jackson: Apostolic Fathers (Early Christian Literature Primers).

Special Reference.

Clough: Plutarch’s Lives.

White: Plutarch for Boys and Girls.

Kaufman: The Young Folks’ Plutarch.

Coulange: The Ancient City.

Draper: History of the Intellectual Development of Europe.

Lecky: History of European Morals.

Milman: History of Christianity.

Stanley: History of the Eastern Church.

Fisher: Beginnings of Christianity.

Döllinger: The First Age of Christianity.

Montalembert: The Monks of the West.

Reber: History of Ancient Art.

Hadley: Lectures on Roman Law.

Maine: Ancient Law.

III. MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN HISTORY.

This course has been prepared with special reference to English history. The right-hand column, headed Collateral Reading, will assist students desiring to extend their reading so as to embrace the history of Continental Europe. The figures affixed to some of the titles indicate, as nearly as is thought necessary, the time covered or treated of by the work mentioned. Historical romances and other prose works of fiction are designated thus (*); dramas thus (†; other poems thus (‡).

ENGLISH HISTORY.COLLATERAL READING.
General Histories.

Knight: History of England (9 vols.).

Yonge: Young Folks’ History of England.

Dickens: Child’s History of England.

Strickland: Lives of the Queens of England (7 vols.).

Pearson: Historical Atlas of England.

White: History of France.

Lewis: Students’ History of Germany.

Hunt: History of Italy.

Yonge: Young Folks’ History of France.

Kirkland: Short History of France.

Hallam: View of the State of the Middle Ages.

The Anglo-Saxon Period.

Green: History of the English People, book i.

Mrs. Armitage: The Childhood of the English Nation.

Green: The Making of England.

Palgrave: History of theAnglo-Saxons.

—— ‡Paulinus and Edwin.

Turner: History of the Anglo-Saxons.

Grant Allen: Anglo-Saxon Britain.

Abbott: Alfred theGreat.

Hughes: Life of Alfred theGreat.

Thierry: The Conquest ofEngland by the Normans.

Abbott: William the Conqueror.

Green: The Conquest ofEngland.

Freeman: History of the NormanConquest of England.

Guizot: History of France, Vol. i.

James: History of Charlemagne.

Bryce: The Holy Roman Empire.

Cutts: Scenes and Charactersof the Middle Ages.

Johnson: The Normans inEurope.

Carlyle: The Early Kingsof Norway.

Anderson: Norse Mythology.

Lettsom: ‡The Nibelungenlied.

Dasent: The Burnt Njal.

Baldwin: *The Story ofSiegfried.

Mallet: Northern Antiquities.

Mrs. Charles: *EarlyDawn (romance of the Romanoccupation of Britain).

Cowper: ‡Boadicea.

Lanier: *The Boy’s KingArthur.

Lowell: ‡The Vision of SirLaunfal.

Tennyson: ‡The Idylls ofthe King.

Scott: ‡Sir Tristram.

Taylor: †Edwin the Fair.

Bulwer: *Harold, the Lastof the Saxons (1066).

Tennyson: †Harold; a Drama.

Leighton: †The Sons ofGodwin.

Kingsley: *Hereward, theLast of the Saxons.

James: History of Chivalry.

Bulfinch: *The Age ofChivalry.

Lanier: *Knightly Legendsof Wales.

Ludlow: Popular Epics ofthe Middle Ages.

Bulfinch: Legends of Charlemagne.

Baldwin: *The Story ofRoland.

Ariosto: ‡Orlando Furioso.

Lockhart: ‡Spanish Ballads.

Yonge: Christians and Moorsin Spain.

Southey: Chronicles of theCid.

Tennyson: ‡Godiva (1040).

The Age of Feudalism.

Johnson: The Norman Kingsand the Feudal System.

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, books ii. and iii.

Palgrave: ‡Death in theForest (1100).

Abbott: Richard I.

Hume: History of England.

Froude: Life and Times ofThomas Becket.

Aubrey de Vere: †St.Thomas of Canterbury.

James: Life of Richard Cœurde Lion.

Froude: A Bishop of theTwelfth Century (1190).

Stubbs: The Early Plantagenets.

Pyle: The Story of RobinHood.

Scott: *The Talisman (1193).

—— *Ivanhoe (1194).

James: Forest Days (1214).

Shakspeare: †King John(1215).

Drayton: †The Barons’Wars.

Guizot: History of France,vol. ii.

Cox: The Crusades.

Michaud: History of theCrusades.

Gray: The Children’s Crusade.

Gairdner: Early Chroniclersof Europe.

Oliphant: Francis of Assisi.

Adams: *Page, Squire, AndKnight (1180).

Henty: *The Boy Knight(1188).

Scott: *The Betrothed.

Yonge: *Richard the Fearless.

James: *Philip Augustus.

Scott: *Count Robert ofParis.

Hale: *In his Name.

Pauli: Life of Simon deMontfort (1215).

Pearson: English History inthe Fourteenth Century.

Yonge: *The Prince and thePage (1280).

Gray: ‡The Bard (1282).

Cunningham: *Sir MichaelScott (1300).

Porter: *The ScottishChiefs.

Aguilar: *The Days of†‡Bruce.

Campbell: ‡The Battle ofBannockburn.

Scott: ‡The Lord of theIsles (1307).

Marlowe: †Edward II.(1327).

Warburton: Edward III.(1327-77).

Abbott: Richard II.

Lanier: The Boy’s Froissart.

Southey: †Wat Tyler (1381)

Campbell: ‡Wat Tyler’sAddress to the King.

Shakspeare: †Richard II.(1399)

Besant and Rice: Life ofWhittington.

Percy: ‡The Ballad of ChevyChase.

Gairdner: The Houses ofLancaster and York.

Edgar: The Wars of the Roses.

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, book iv.

Shakspeare: †King HenryIV.

Kingsley: †The Saint’sTragedy (1220).

Browning: ‡Sordello (1230).

Kington-Oliphant: FrederickII. (1250).

Guizot: History of France,vol. iii.

Hemans: †The Vespers ofPalermo (1282).

Boker: †Francesca di Rimini(1300).

Schiller: †Wilhelm Tell.

Bulwer: Rienzi, the Last ofthe Tribunes (1347).

Byron: †Marino Faliero(1355).

Jamison: Life of Bertrand duGuesclin.

Lord Houghton: ‡Bertranddu Guesclin (1380).

Hutton: James and PhilipVan Artevelde.

Taylor: †Philip Van Artevelde(1382).

Mrs. Bray: Joan of Arc andthe Times of Charles VII. ofFrance.

Southey: ‡Joan of Arc.

Calvert: ‡The Maid of Orleans.

Yonge: *The Caged Lion(1406).

Towle: History of Henry V.

Browning: †Luria (1405).

Ewald: The Youth of HenryV. (in “Stories from the State Papers”).

Gairdner: The Lollards.

Drayton: ‡The Battle ofAgincourt (1415).

Shakspeare: †King HenryVI.

Bulwer: *The Last of theBarons (1460).

Gairdner: History of RichardIII.

—— The Paston Letters.

Shakspeare: †King RichardIII.

Abbott: History of RichardIII.

James: *Agincourt.

Kirk: History of Charles theBold.

Scott: *Quentin Durward(1450).

Byron: †The two Foscari(1457).

Herz: ‡King Réné’s Daughter.

Scott: *Anne of Geierstein.

Victor Hugo: *The Hunchbackof Notre Dame.

Browning: †The Return ofthe Druses.

Macaulay: Essay on Machiavelli.

Modern England.

Birchall: England under theTudors.

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, books v. and vi.

Manning: The Household ofSir Thomas More.

Scott: †Marmion (1513).

James: *Darnley (1520).

Froude: History of Englandfrom the Fall of Wolsey tothe Death of Elizabeth.

Mühlbach: *Henry VIII.and Catherine Parr.

Shakspeare: †King HenryVIII.

Geikie: History of the EnglishReformation.

Milman: †Anne Boleyn(1536).

Ainsworth: *Tower Hill(1538).

Ewald: Stories from theState Papers.

Mark Twain: *The Princeand the Pauper (1548).

Aubrey de Vere: †MaryTudor.

Tennyson: †Queen Mary.

Scott: ‡Lay of the LastMinstrel.

Manning: *Colloquies ofEdward Osborne (1554).

Rowe: †Lady Jane Grey(1554).

Ainsworth: *The Tower ofLondon (1554).

Abbott: History of QueenElizabeth.

Creighton: The Age of Elizabeth.

Scott: *Kenilworth (1560).

Macaulay: Essays on LordBurleigh and Bacon.

Towle: Drake, the SeaKing of Devon.

Abbott: History of MaryQueen of Scots.

Scott: *The Monastery andThe Abbot.

Yonge: *Unknown to History(1587).

Swinburne: †Chastelard.

—— †Bothwell.

—— †Mary Stuart (1587).

Schiller: †Marie Stuart(1587).

Meline: Life of Mary Queenof Scots (Catholic).

Prescott: The History ofFerdinand and Isabella.

Anita George: Isabel theCatholic.

Irving: The Conquest ofGranada.

—— The Alhambra.

Aguilar: *The Edict (1492).

Robertson: History ofCharles V.

Seebohm: Era of the ProtestantRevolution.

Fisher: History of the Reformation.

Yonge: *The Dove in theEagle’s Nest (1519).

Mrs. Charles: *Chroniclesof the Schönberg-CottaFamily.

George Eliot: *Romola.

Reade: *The Cloister andthe Hearth.

Mrs. Stowe: *Agnes ofSorrento.

Mrs. Manning: *Good OldTimes (1549).

Prescott: History of PhilipII.

Motley: The Rise of theDutch Republic.

—— History of the UnitedNetherlands.

Yonge: *The Chaplet ofPearls (France, 1555).

Barrett: William the Silent(1533-1584).

Baird: Rise of the Huguenots.

Smiles: The Huguenots inFrance.

Abbott: History of HenryIV. of France.

Guizot: History of France,vol. iv.

Goethe: †Egmont (1568).

James: *The Man-at-Arms(1572).

Southey: ‡St. Bartholomew’sDay (1572).

Kingsley: *Westward Ho!

Wordsworth: ‡The WhiteDoe of Rylstone.

Macaulay: ‡The Armada.

Tennyson: ‡The Revenge.

Towle: Sir Walter Ralegh.

Landor: Elizabeth and Burleigh(in “Imaginary Conversations”).

Macaulay: ‡Ivry (1590).

Goethe: †Torquato Tasso(1590).

Trollope: *Paul the Popeand Paul the Friar.

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, book vii.

Cordery and Phillpott:King and Commonwealth.

Gardiner: The PuritanRevolution.

Ainsworth: *Guy Fawkes(1605).

Scott: *The Fortunes of Nigel.

Ainsworth: *The SpanishMatch (1620).

Abbott: History ofCharles I.

Letitia E. Landon: ‡TheCovenanters (1638).

Marryat: *The Childrenof the New Forest.

Scott: ‡Rokeby (1644).

—— *Legend of Montrose(1646).

Praed: *Marston Moor(1644).

Carlyle: History of OliverCromwell.

Robson:Life of Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642).

James: *Richelieu.

Bulwer: *Richelieu.

Manzoni: *The Betrothed(1628).

Goethe: ‡The Destruction ofMagdeburg.

Schiller: †Wallenstein(1634).

Topelius: *Times of GustafAdolf.

Gardiner: History of theThirty Years’ War.

Schiller: History of theThirty Years’ War.

Motley: Life of John ofBarneveld.

Pardoe: *Louis XIV. andthe Court of France.

James: Louis XIV.

Guizot: History of the EnglishRevolution.

Goldwin Smith: Three EnglishStatesmen.

Macaulay: ‡The Cavalier’sMarch to London (1651).

Masson: Life and Times ofJohn Milton.

Yonge: *The Pigeon Pie; aTale of Roundhead Times.

Shorthouse: *John Inglesant.

James: *The Cavalier (1651).

Butler: ‡Hudibras.

Scott: *Woodstock.

Marvell: ‡Blake’s Victory(1657).

Abbott: History ofCharles II.

Dryden: ‡Annus Mirabilis(1666).

Birchall: England under theStuarts.

Fox: Life of James II.

Ainsworth: *James II.

Guizot: History of France,vol. v.

Abbott: History of LouisXIV.

Manning: *Idyl of the Alps.

Bungener: Bourdaloue AndLouis XIV.

Topelius: *Times of Battleand Rest.

James: *Russell.

Macaulay: History of England(1685-1702).

—— Essay on Sir WilliamTemple.

Aytoun: ‡The Widow ofGlencoe (1692).

Hale: The Fall of theStuarts.

Morris: The Age of Anne.

Coxe: Memoirs of the Dukeof Marlborough.

Scott: *Old Mortality.

—— *The Bride of Lammermoor.

Defoe: *Memoirs of a Cavalier.

—— *History of the GreatPlague in London.

Addison: The Spectator.

Thackeray: *Henry Esmond.

Blackmore: *Lorna Doone.

Addison: *The Battle ofBlenheim (1704).

Pepys: Diary (1659-1703).

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, book viii.

Macaulay: ‡Song of theHuguenots (1685).

Browning: Hervé Riel (1692).

Abbott: History of Peterthe Great.

Schuyler: History of Peterthe Great.

Mahon: War of the SpanishSuccession.

Mühlbach: *Prince Eugeneand his Times.

Topelius: *Times of CharlesXII.

Voltaire: History of CharlesXII.

Martineau: *Messrs. Vandeputand Snoek (1695).

Lady Jackson: The OldRégime (Louis XIV. andXV.).

Macaulay: Essay on the Warof the Succession in Spain.

Lecky: History of England inthe Eighteenth Century.

Green: History of the EnglishPeople, book ix.

Scott: *Rob Roy (1715).

—— *The Heart of Mid-Lothian.

Thackeray: Lectures on theFour Georges.

Stephen: History of EnglishThought in the EighteenthCentury.

Macaulay: Essays on LordClive and Lord Chatham.

Froude: The English in Irelandin the Eighteenth Century.

Campbell: ‡Lochiel’s Warning.

Scott: *Waverley (1745).

Moir: ‡The Battle of Prestonpans(1745).

Smollett: ‡The Tears ofScotland.

Goldsmith: *The Vicar ofWakefield.

Southey: Life and Times ofJohn Wesley.

Mrs. Charles: *Diary ofKitty Trevylyan.

Mitford: *Our Village.

Edgeworth: *Castle Rackrent.

Thackeray: *The Virginians(1775).

Scott: *Guy Mannering.

Dickens: *Barnaby Rudge(1780).

Macaulay: Essays on WarrenHastings, William Pitt, andBarère.

Goldwin Smith: Three EnglishStatesmen.

Trevelyan: Early Historyof Charles James Fox.

Wade: Letters of Junius.

Morley: Edmund Burke, aHistorical Sketch.

Blackmore: *The Maid ofSker.

George Eliot: *Adam Bede.

Cooper: *Wing and Wing.

Lever: *Charles O’Malley.

Mrs. Charles: *Against theStream.

Thackeray: *Vanity Fair.

Topelius: *Times of FrederickI. (1721).

Bungener: Louis XV. andhis Times.

Helps: Ivan de Biron (1740).

Macaulay: Essay on Frederickthe Great.

Abbott: History of MarieAntoinette.

Davis: *Fontenoy (1745).

Longman: Frederick theGreat and the Seven Years’War.

Carlyle: Life of Frederickthe Great.

Yonge: Life of Marie Antoinette.

Mühlbach: *Frederick theGreat and his Family.

Topelius: *Times of Linnæus.

Guizot: History of France,vol. vi.

Topelius: *Times of Alchemy.

Taine: The Ancient Régime.

Abbott: The French Revolutionof 1789.

—— History of the EmpressJosephine.

—— History of MadameRoland.

—— History of QueenHortense.

Alison: History of Europe(1789-1815), abridged byGould.

Taine: Origins of ContemporaryFrance.

Van Laun: The FrenchRevolutionary Epoch.

Adams: Democracy and Monarchyin France.

Victor Hugo: *Ninety-Three.

Coleridge: ‡Destruction ofthe Bastile.

Renaud: ‡The Last Banquet.

Erckmann-Chatrian:*Year One of the Republic.

Dickens: *A Tale of TwoCities.

Blackmore: *Alice Lorraine.

Trollope: *La Vendée.

Saintine: *Picciola.

Maginn: *Whitehall.

Palgrave: ‡Trafalgar (1805).

Robert Buchanan: †TheShadow of the Sword.

Kingsley: *Alton Locke.

Disraeli: *Sybil.

Southey: ‡The Battle ofAlgiers (1815).

McCarthy: History of ourown Times.

Martineau: History of theThirty Years’ Peace.

Carlyle: Latter-Day Pamphlets.

Disraeli: *Lothair.

Kinglake: The Invasion ofthe Crimea.

Fritz Reuter: *In the YearThirteen.

Erckmann-Chatrian: *TheConscript; The Invasion ofFrance in 1814; and Waterloo.

Byron: ‡The Battle of Waterloo.

Moore: *The Fudge Familyin Paris.

Martineau: *French Wineand Politics.

Victor Hugo: *Les Misérables.

Guizot: France under LouisPhilippe.

Victor Hugo: The Historyof a Crime.

Bulwer: *The Parisians.

Murray: *The Member forParis.

Forbes: The Franco-GermanWar.

IV. AMERICAN HISTORY.