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$$*$$A Series of Short Biographies, not designed to be a complete roll of famous Statesmen, but to present in historic order the lives and work of those leading actors in our affairs who by their direct influence have left an abiding mark on the policy, the institutions, and the position of Great Britain among States. WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR By, D.C. L., LL.D., Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford.

TIMES:— "Gives with great picturesqueness . . . the dramatic incidents of a memorable career far removed from our times and our manner of thinking."

HENRY II. By Mrs. TIMES:—"It is delightfully real and readable, and in spite of severe compression has the charm of a mediaeval romance."

EDWARD I. By Professor

HENRY VII. By

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CARDINAL WOLSEY. By Bishop, D.D., late Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge. SATURDAY REVIEW:—"Is exactly what one of a series of short biographies of English Statesmen ought to be."

ELIZABETH. By, M.A., Professor of Modern History, University College, London.

OLIVER CROMWELL. By

TIMES:—"Gives a wonderfully vivid picture of events."

ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE:— "A model biography of its kind."

WILLIAM III. By

CAMBRIDGE REVIEW:—"Mr. Traill has discharged a difficult task well, and has thoroughly succeeded."

WALPOLE. By

ST. JAMES'S GAZETTE:—"It deserves to be read, not only as the work of one of the most prominent politicians of the day, but for its intrinsic merits. It is a clever, thoughtful, and interesting biography."

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CHATHAM. By

PITT. By Lord

PEEL. By, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.

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