THE NEW MOVEMENT IN HISTORY TEACHING
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BELL’S ENGLISH HISTORY SOURCE-BOOKS
JOINT EDITORS
S. E. WINBOLT, M.A., Christ’s Hospital, Horsham;
KENNETH BELL, M.A., Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
VOLUMES NOW READY
449–1066. THE WELDING OF THE RACE. By the Rev. John Wallis, M.A., Christ’s Hospital, Horsham.
1066–1154. THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND. Edited by A. E. Bland, B.A. (Public Record Office). [In preparation.
1154–1216. THE ANGEVINS AND THE CHARTER. Edited by S. M. Toyne, M.A.
1216–1307. THE GROWTH OF PARLIAMENT. By W. D. Robieson, University of Glasgow.
1307–1399. WAR AND MISRULE. Edited by A. A. Locke.
1399–1485. THE LAST OF FEUDALISM. Edited by W. Garmon Jones, M.A., University of Liverpool. [Ready immediately.
1485–1547. THE REFORMATION AND THE RENAISSANCE. Edited by F. W. Bewsher, B.A.
1547–1603. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH. Edited by Arundell Esdaile, M.A.
1603–1660. PURITANISM AND LIBERTY. Edited by Kenneth Bell, M.A.
1660–1714. A CONSTITUTION IN MAKING. Edited by G. B. Perrett, M.A.
1714–1760. WALPOLE AND CHATHAM. Edited by K. A. Esdaile.
1760–1801. AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Edited by S. E. Winbolt, M.A.
1801–1815. ENGLAND AND NAPOLEON. Edited by S. E. Winbolt, M.A.
1815–1837. PEACE AND REFORM. Edited by A. C. W. Edwards, Christ’s Hospital, Horsham.
1837–1856. COMMERCIAL POLITICS. By R. H. Gretton, M.A. [In preparation.
1856–1876. FROM PALMERSTON TO DISRAELI. Edited by Ewing Harding, B.A.
1876–1887. IMPERIALISM AND MR. GLADSTONE. Edited by R. H. Gretton.
1535–1913. CANADA. By James Munro, M.A., University of Edinburgh.
1637–1688. THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS. By J. Pringle Thomson.
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1689–1746. THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS. By J. Pringle Thomson.
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS
“The compilers have taken a sensible view of their functions. They give a sufficiency of statutes and documents; but they have been more particularly at pains to unearth narratives, character-sketches, and passages of satire or argument. They aim at stimulating the imagination and at provoking discussion. Teachers will be grateful to them for avoiding hackneyed material; and it will indeed be an expert who browses in either of these volumes without finding that his attention is called to unfamiliar but most attractive sources of information. For our own part, we have been incited by Mr. Bell to look up Bradford’s ‘History of Plymouth Plantation,’ and by Mr. Perrett to send for the ‘Lives of the Norths.’ These volumes are just of the right length. They contain a hundred and twenty pages apiece, which is about what the intelligent school-boy may be expected to assimilate in the course of one term. And each relates to a period of manageable proportions—the sort of period that is set for a ‘Local’ or a ‘Certificate’ examination as a special subject. It would be difficult for a school-boy, however willing, to work over the whole of English history with the deliberation which the use of such a source-book implies. But the occasional study of a short period on these lines is essential if history is to be made a living subject. The series that Messrs. Bell are preparing will give to teachers the widest possible range of choice; for it will contain twenty volumes, the first dealing with Roman Britain and the last with the years 1901–1912.... Each volume will be a capital shilling’s worth.”—Manchester Guardian.