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The Cambridge Modern History, and Histoire Générale, edited by Lavisse et Rambaud, are written on a considerable scale, and should be used after a knowledge of European and general Modern History has been acquired on a smaller scale, e. g. from the eight volumes in the series entitled 'Periods of European History'. In the volumes of this series will be found references, though too few, to secondary authorities bearing on each period. For more detailed study of a special period or a special subject in primary authorities as well as secondary, guidance adequate for most is provided in several recently published bibliographical lists, as in those appended to each volume of The Cambridge Modern History. No 'Manuel de Bibliographie historique' exists for the student of English history equal in scope and quality to Les Archives de l'Histoire de France, by MM. Langlois and Stein (Paris, 1891, pp. xvii + 1,000): 'un inventaire sommaire des archives de l'histoire de France. C'est un guide à travers les établissements où ces archives sont conservées. Nous entendons par "archives de l'histoire de France" la collection de tous les documents d'archives relatifs à l'histoire de France, c'est-a-dire les piéces officielles de toute espèce: chartes, comptes, enquêtes, etc., et les correspondances publiques ou privées’ (Introduction, p. 1).